my baby rejected bottle since 2.5 months.. can only dream feed if not she totally will not drink her milk at all even though she is crying like mad because she is hungry. she will jus keep crying & push the bottle away.
I have figured out that this happens because we pressured her to drink previously and she associate feeding as something painful that she doesn't like.
suggest that you do dreamfeed to feed her more so that she doesn't know that she is drinking and will not feel pressured. it will be a vicious cycle if she reject the bottle and you try to hoax her while she push her bottle away, this will make her bottle aversion worst. they are clever and will rmb the bad experience.
currently my baby 4.5 months, I tried to feed her awake after 2 months plus of dreamfeed, she seems to forget a little about the bad experience of feeding and willing to drink abit if we feed her while singing song to her. but she would not drink as much and as fast if she were to sleep drink. so I still try to avoid feeding her awake unless she jus wake up from a nap and not able to sleep back just to drink.
almost all PD doesn't know what to do about this and will jus say that its normal, it happens and some still tell me they didn't hear this before.
if u really want the child to recover from bottle feeding aversion, u can refer to Rowena bottle feeding aversion book, they list down what you should do to overcome this issue.
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