Parents Fearful of Baby’s Feeding Changes

“I have an 8 week old who has started to latch for a couple minutes then start crying and unlatching. It all started when I started a new medication for my PPA/PPD and it completely killed my milk supply. I had no clue that my milk supply dropped because at the time I was hardly ever pumping and was an oversupplier. He started getting fussier (as an already fussy baby) around 5-6 weeks old and I just told myself he was in the peak of his crying stage. He ended up with crystals in his urine indica”

“Today I made a bottle for my 10 day old newborn. We wondered if he was going through a growth spurt because he drinks 3 oz bottles every 3 hours. He still seemed to be hungry after 3 oz so we upped to 4. Today when making his bottle, it looked mixed like normal but I didn’t see the powder drop down at first unless it just pre mixed it too fast? An hour and a half later, my newborn is still showing hunger cues. We made a 2 oz bottle and he drank an oz. He seems wide awake and not tired. Keeps che”

“My daughter is almost 2.5 years old and tonight we sent our milk back to the moon. Currently laying next to her after a very emotional bedtime and I am really feeling low. Almost like she seems so betrayed by me 😢 I nursed my son until 2 but he weaned easily and she is my last baby. I can’t believe this day has come. Any mamas had a really hard time with emotions around weaning even if you are proud of how the journey has gone? submitted by /u/trixr4kids93 [link] [comments]”

“I keep seeing that I need to transition my LO from a bottle to a straw cup when they are 1 and we complete the whole milk transition. Is this really necessary? I can understand using a straw cup during the day but what about a bottle of whole milk at night/morning? I feel like pulling the plug on the bottle is rushing them to grow up but, of course, I want to do whatever is best for my child. Any thoughts on this? submitted by /u/Western_Clock_259 [link] [comments]”

“Seeking advice/shared experiences!! Starting yesterday, LO has started refusing bottles. Solids? Houses them. Drinks from a syringe and happily breastfeeds.. but screams as soon as the bottle comes to mouth. I tried open cup, which we previously LOVED every day, but we screamed at that tonight too and threw it. We have 0 teeth at almost 11 months so I’ve just been anxiously waiting for them to start. Anyone have a similar experience? submitted by /u/Middle-Bed-278 [link] [comme”

“My baby just reached 10 months and she has been exclusively breastfed her whole life (directly fed, no pumping except some in the first two weeks to get my supply up). I have hoped to breastfeed her for as it is working for us both. My partner and I are now planning on trying to conceive baby#2 once our little one has reached a year old, for a variety of reasons. I worry my supply will drop off quickly, especially as I had HG in my last pregnancy and most likely will get sick again. (I am workin”

“I feel like a horrible mom, I’ve using plastic bottles since my baby was born, she’s 7 months now. I’ve seeing a lot online about microplastics and looking for new bottles. Any recommendations? submitted by /u/Beegt95 [link] [comments]”

“We introduced our baby to the bottle at 3 weeks and she happily took it until she hit the 3 month milestone where she started getting distracted and having a hard time nursing. During that time, I focused on fixing that, nursing her when she woke up and was drowsy and not yet distracted we also were traveling a bit. After a short break from the bottle during that time, she didn’t want it anymore. We have now been working on it for about a month slowly re-introducing it, building a positive assoc”

“I’m writing with this with voice to text, so please bear with me - my daughter has had a feeding a version for, I think the last three months. She’s currently six months old and every single feed every day, every night, all through the week, every month has been just difficult and I know that it hopefully won’t be forever but I’m freaking exhausted. She never shows any hunger cues and even when she does what I think our hunger cues, I think I’m possibly getting it mixed up with teething. I’m jus”

“How do I get through this without ruining our breast-feeding journey? For the last three days he’s probably had 3 to 4 bottles a day whereas he used to only get one every few days. Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated. So some backstory this is my third kid and my first kid that I’ve actually been able to exclusively breast-feed, and I worked so hard to get here. 10+ LC visits, full commitment. My two older kids always rejected the breast so I am a little emotionally triggered by this nursi”

“Hello everybody, just need to vent really quickly. My son (5 months) has been in day care for a month now. I am a just enougher and leave him with 2x5oz bottles of breast milk. That lasts him while im at work just fine when his primary is there. The issue is when his primary is gone. The secondary keeps giving him his bottles erratically, which is leading to me leaving work early AND him certainly being overfed and uncomfortable. Today it happened again. He got his first bottle at 10:30 like he”

“Hi everyone, I will be traveling away from my will-be-11 month old for 5 days in about a month. Some background: We EBF until 1 month ago, at which I started combo feeding due to some biting that got really bad when she was sick/congested. Since then I have only been nursing 2-3 times/day, usually for any night wakes, the first feed of the day, and maybe one other time per day. Thankfully she loves her kendamil and takes it without issue so I'm no longer worried about being away from her in”

“Hi folks :) I’m EBF my first baby, he stopped taking bottles around week 6/7 so we are just vibing. I’m going back when he’ll be 11 months. He’s only just started solids this week, so I’m not sure what kind of an eater he’ll be by the end of the year. I’ve read that feeding is down to around 3-4x per day by 11-12 months to encourage eating. I live near the job site, and could conceivably have baby brought to me at lunch or at some point in the early afternoon. I have 2, 30 minute pump/feed break”

“I really just need to vent rn. My baby is 13 weeks old I think (maybe 14 idk I lost track today lol) and around 8 weeks started going through a bottle refusal. I have ALOT of milk pumped and in the last few weeks I’ve probably dumped close to 30oz just trying different bottles for her to take. Spoiler: she won’t take any! I’ve posted about it before and I don’t really need any advice on it. I’m just dealing with it for now.. Yesterday, my mother in an attempt to try and “help” suggested we try t”

“Hello Everyone So the little one is turning one soon, and I am transitioning off of the bottle at that point, and no longer pumping. I have started mixing whole milk with breast milk to ease the transition to only whole milk after he turns 1. So the issue I foresee now, is every night, we do a book, and then I give a small bottle, and then lay him down to sleep. The bottle really isn't drank too much. Maybe 20ML. It helps get him drowsy and literally lasts maybe 3-4 mins before he turns his”

“I am currently in the process of weaning off and am starting to wonder what to do about my milk stash. I saw an ads for a company that freeze dried your breastmilk and turn it into a powder good for 3 years. It had me wonder if I could do this in preparation of expecting a second child and give them some when I need to supplement due to low milk supply. With my first, I had to give him a couple of formula bottle when waiting for my milk to come in. Thoughts on freeze-dried breastmilk from one ba”

“My baby is under the weather so she’s eating less (we already went to the dr) but I need her to increase the amount of milk. Any tips and tricks to do this? submitted by /u/Alternative_Dot7171 [link] [comments]”

“Help! Baby, now 10 months, was used to feeding to sleep/nap, usually breastfed. I’ve now introduced more formula - hence bottle-, and… having him hold the bottle. Feeds are still mostly before nap/sleep. The thing is, he wants the bottle but I guess wants to play more, so he rolls to his side while taking the bottle, stays there a second or two, continues to roll to his tummy and… crawls. So he ends up not really getting anything. Lol. I will let him play a bit (this is all in his crib), then wh”

“My daughter turned 16 months in just shy of two weeks, and she’s still taking bottles throughout the night (we only give them to her at night.) I don’t so much mind her drinking milk at night because she’s still in that phase where she likes to play with a lot of her food instead of eating all of it so I do like to keep her calories up, although obviously her milk is only given at night , but I have no clue on how to get her off of the bottle itself. I do brush her teeth every night & in the”

“My 3 month old has been feeding both at breast and with a bottle. Not sure if this is relevant, but I have to use a nipple shield due to short nipples which makes things frustrating but he's been managing fine. Today he suddenly decided to throw a fit when I tried to nurse him. His face was bright red, screaming like he was in pain. He's been on antibiotics for about a week now due to an ear infection but it seems to have cleared up as of a couple days ago (we still have 4-5 days left of”

“Hey everyone! I just have a question, my son is 10 months old 8 months adjusted. He is exclusively breastfed but does take a bottle if needed. My daughter is having a hernia repair next week and siblings are not allowed to come, and my daughter will want me there, so I need to have a good idea of how to go about pumping while nursing and how much to save for that whole day and extra just in case! Any guidance would be amazing thank you! submitted by /u/Available_Leg_9898 [link]”

“Wondering if anyone else had a LO self-wean this early as the internet keeps insisting there’s no way. We had a bumpy start to nursing, but luckily he took a bottle no problem. Exclusively breastmilk between nursing and pumping for 7 months (plus intro solids at 6 mo) then I supplemented with formula months 7-11 (now) after return to in office work made me super stressed. In office twice a week currently. Around 10 months I noticed he wasn’t really interested in a midday session. Then he dropped”

“Hi all. I need to know if this is normal or something to be concerned about. I'm not new to clusterfeeding as my now almost 6 week old went through a clusterfeeding phase around 1-2weeks old. However, this seems more extreme. Starting 4 days ago, he started to severely increase his feed lengths. He was taking around 30min to eat and then would fall asleep. He's been gradually increasing that duration to 45min... an hour... two hours... currently I'm on my fourth hour with him just sw”

“Hi all. I need to know if this is normal or something to be concerned about. I'm not new to clusterfeeding as my now almost 6 week old went through a clusterfeeding phase around 1-2 weeks old. However, this seems more extreme. Starting 4 days ago, he started to severely increase his feed lengths. He was taking around 30min to eat and then would fall asleep. He's been gradually increasing that duration to 45min... an hour... two hours... currently I'm on my fourth hour with him just s”

“Hello, my baby would only breastfeed. He's 2.5 mos, wouldn't take a bottle, we increased the nipple size, isolated the baby away from the boobs, fed in different positions.... nothing is working, my husband is very concern when he's alone with the baby. Oddly, he'll only take the bottle with our helper. I'm not sure what kind of juju magic she does.... what do you guys usually do in cases like this? My milk stash is starting to fill up our freezer.... it's supposed to be”

“We have entered a new stage where my baby cries because she's hungry, I offer a bottle, she looks me dead in the eye and stares into my soul, and she then proceeds to play the most infuriating game of whack-a-mole with her tongue repeatedly launching the bottle out of her mouth. Then we repeat the cycle until she finally eats. 😵‍💫 How fun 😭🤣 submitted by /u/puddingbutt9 [link] [comments]”

“Baby boy is turning 1 next week, and recently he only wants yogurt + fruit puree + puffs. He had no issues with solids in the past but now he has absolute no interest. I really hope this is just a phase and that things will eventually get better. If anyone has had a similar experience, I’d really appreciate hearing about it 🙏🏻 submitted by /u/rilakkuma28 [link] [comments]”

“Hello, my baby would only breastfeed. He's 2.5 mos, wouldn't take a bottle, we increased the nipple size, isolated the baby away from the boobs, fed in different positions.... nothing is working, my husband is very concern when he's alone with the baby. Oddly, he'll only take the bottle with our helper. I'm not sure what kind of juju magic she does.... what do you guys usually do in cases like this? My milk stash is starting to fill up our freezer.... it's supposed to be”

“Hi, I got these two hand breast pumps for free but they are second hand. Is it safe ? Thank you ! submitted by /u/SouthernPin5971 [link] [comments]”

“My 5 month old has been drinking 6oz 5 times a day every 3 hours for a while now, but I'm trying to change her over to 8oz 4 times a day every 4 hours to get her on a better schedule for when we start solids in a few weeks. Around the 3.5 hour mark she gets extremely fussy and half the time she finishes all 8oz perfectly fine but the other half of the time it takes her almost 45 minutes to clear the whole bottle, and that's if she finishes at all. We've been doing this for only 2 day”

“My 9mo has been refusing bottles for the past 3 weeks but will nurse. He hasn’t denied bottles before except when teething. Usually my husband will be the one to feed him a morning bottle, but now he doesn’t want to eat from a bottle. He will sometimes eat 2oz of a morning bottle, then will play, eat solids and nurse. Not sure if this is something other parents have experienced submitted by /u/mangosniffer [link] [comments]”

“FTM, nervous about my 10 month olds and the routines with formula we have. Currently we do three solids meals a day and he is a very good eater-he will eat anything you put in front of him. I’m nervous about bedtime. We usually give him a big bottle as part of bedtime routine and offer him bottle when he wakes in the night, which is rare. What do we do after 12 months? I’m so excited to not have to spend on formula and we’ve made all his baby food, so I’m excited to get away from processed foods”

“As the title states, I want to wean my baby off of the breast. The thing is... she has never really taken a bottle, has been at my hip since she was born so I would bring a cover with me anywhere I needed to go. I did pump for a few months and used a bottle here and there but eventually stopped. So she straight up drinks from the breast. I planned on pumping as she transitions and is over a year old. Do I start her on a cup, straw cup, or sippy cup? And then wean? I don't know if I want to r”

“I’ve bought ten different kinds of cups and she literally will only drink milk from the bottles and I’m over it. She’s been taking her naps and going to bed at night totally fine since I stopped. Our ten week old is drinking milk out of the same bottles and it doesn’t phase her at all. Doesn’t matter the temperature, if it is in anything but a bottle, she looks at me while it dribbles down her chin like I just fed her poison. 🙄 She’s drinking plenty of water every day. I’ve heard from some pare”

“My baby was nursing about 40% of the time and bottle fed the remainder of the time and since I went back to work (remote 90% of the time with MIL watching the baby), the amount of time I’ve been able to breastfeed has dropped and now at 5 months, baby basically refuses the breast 😭 We’ve tried nipple shields and paced bottle feeding, but my baby has been able to hold his bottle for the past two months now and will tilt and hold the bottle on his own a large portion of the time, unless there’s s”

“Quick context I have been BF and bottle feeding since the beginning of my 6 month olds life. I was very determined to EBF, but due to a serious health condition my son has it became imperative that we fortify his feeds, so we had no choice but to use bottles. He was never a super strong breastfeeder, but we always had a good thing going and would BF daily up until about month 4 when my son had surgery to help treat his health condition. During that time and through our hospital stay, my son real”

“My baby is 11months old and I am very done with breastfeeding! My supply isn’t like it was however babe won’t take milk/formula from anything. Have tried multiple cups, bottles, etc. she will drink water from a straw cup but will not take milk. Please let me know what you did!!! I know she can start on cows milk at 1 year old but idek how she will take that since all she wants is boob. Feeling overwhelmed submitted by /u/thefrenchieeee [link] [comments]”

“I’m currently 6 months pregnant with my second and wanting to level set my breastfeeding expectations (haha yes I may be delulu!) I triple fed for two months (insanity that I actually do regret) and worked with several lactation consultants before giving up the first time. The total “milk” I ever produced could fit in a thimble! I was mega disappointed at the time but accepted it and moved on. It turned out I really loved the freedom of formula feeding and my kiddo thrived. I say that only to re”

“7 month old baby boy. We’re reverse cycling over here and this kid is so so distracted during daytime feeds. Plus we introduced solid (a mistake?) and he loves them. I’ve been mixing in BM to as much solids as I can. He also won’t take a bottle. Oof I don’t know what to do. Stop the solids? I serve very nutrient dense foods - sardines, salmon, liver pate, chicken stock, yogurt with mix ins. We had a rough start as he had an unresolved tongue & lip tie (first dentist said it wasn’t necessary)”

“I (the father) used to give my son one bottle a day once he figured out breastfeeding. It then turned into once a week while my wife is out of the house. But all of the sudden, he would not take anything from the bottle. He'll gnaw on it, let it sit in his mouth, push it out, even kind of gag. I've tried feeding him in different positions, having some of my wife's clothes on my shoulder and nipples with different flows, but nothing seems to work. My wife is going to work one day a we”

“TL;DR: I finally caught up to my baby's milk needs after weeks of relactation and a 14-day pumping marathon. A week later, his appetite increased again and he needs top-ups. I'm terrified this will become a never-ending cycle. Does milk demand eventually stabilize around 3 months, or will I keep chasing it? Also, does aiming for exclusive breastfeeding still make sense at this stage? I dint know much about breastfeeding and i screwed up a lot initially and I'm paying for it now.. Bir”

“Can anyone else tell every time their milk is about to let down while feeding your LO because you get super depressed for a couple minutes? I’ve read all about DMER. It’s just crazy to me that it happens! Will it ever get better? I am 6 weeks PP. I get the feeling multiple times during feeding my daughter. submitted by /u/Eve0629 [link] [comments]”

“Sorry for the graphic headline, but I’m at a bit of a loss on this situation. I know spitting up is normal but I’m wondering what others think about this situation. I have a 4 m/o baby who has been breastfed/bottle fed with frozen and freshly expressed breastmilk. Weight gain excellent, growth excellent. No concerns there. For the last month, I’ve noticed increasingly that she is vomiting up a good chunk of fresh breastmilk whenever she nurses. For the last week, it’s been like up to 30 mins-1 h”

“Baby is 4 weeks old so obviously still super fresh. I understand he needs me and I have no problem with that! Unfortunately he only contact sleeps and my husband works full time out of the home, we don’t really have anyone else around to help. So my one reprieve is the 3 hour nap I get to take when my husband is home before he goes to bed. I’ve been pumping 1-2x a day so he can give a bottle during my nap. I breastfeed my baby from both breasts before I lay down. Nursing sessions usually last a”

“Hi mamas. I EBF from the breast since birth and my girl is now 4 months. Here and there I have pumped to create a small stash for days my LO spends with grandma and for dad to give a bottle at night. I burned through that stash faster than I could replace it. Like literally the first week my LO spent two days at grandmas, by next week I didn’t have enough to get her through another two days. We do paced feeding with the bottle and she’ll drink 4oz per feed. Not really sure how much she gets on t”

“Hello — just an overtired mom with a 10.5m old and absolutely desperate for some guidance here. After months of agonizing over whether or not to switch to formula, my baby rejects all bottles, sippys, open cups, etc of any kind of milk (frozen, fresh, formula, everything - I’ve tried every single trick in the book and the 1000 oz of milk I saved she rejects all of it, even though she used to take bottles 1-2x a day of pumped milk up until 4-5m old). At this point I need to wean as soon as I can”

“Hello! I am a 4th time mom, but, he’s my second breastfeeding journey. With my 3rd, we tried, but, it was not very successful. I ended up pumping and giving her a bottle due to lack of knowledge and anxiety. With my newborn son, he’s 1 week old today, it has been going GREAT! He was back up to his birth weight at 6 days old, he’s transferring so well, and has many wet and dirty diapers in a day. It’s going so so well! I do not what to do anything to damage what we’re building! With that said, I”

“Hi , im trying to transition my 11month old from tommee tippee bottles. I have the tommee tippee sippy cups , tbh she's not a fan. I do have cups that have a silicone straw an can also turn into an open cup.. cant remember the name of them off the top of my head , all she does with that is throw it around. Just wondering does anyone have any recommendations of any others I can try her with. I know the nhs doesn't recommend sippy cups from what ive read. TYIA! submitted by /u/”

“Never been on this sub before but on other subs I see a lot of things about low supply, oversupply, pumping a certain amount each day, regulating… I’m starting to feel like maybe I’m not thinking about it enough? My baby is 11 weeks and for the first couple weeks I nursed every couple hours till he was back to birthweight. Then I just started nursing whenever he seems hungry or shows cues. He’s a good weight I think, he’s 13lbs but he’s super long at over 25in. His weight has stayed on his curve”

“I had forgotten my breast pump batteries at my mom’s and my sister is coming this week to bring them. I started thinking about buying another breast pump just in case this happens again, but though against it because having two sets of pumps will be annoying to charge and clean. For those with multiple is it worth it? or should i disregard the whole idea? submitted by /u/needadvice_tempacc [link] [comments]”

“While pregnant I told myself that I could combine bottle with exclusively breastfeeding or use formula if I wasn't able to do it. It honestly took 1 - 1.5 months till baby learned how to latch and we have had no issues with feeding since. That's why currently breastfeeding exclusively our 5 month baby and I am reluctant using bottle as I will have a headache with sterilising. My husband suggested me to have a bit patience and at 6 months he can help with weaning. We also think it will be”

“Had such a brutal interaction last night. I was camping at my mom’s cabin, I breast feed, baby is 7 months old. I had a couple drinks spread out through out the day. Wasn’t even buzzed. Baby has only ever eaten from breast as she refuses bottles, which has worked fine for us. I think the last time I was actually drunk was maybe a year before my pregnancy. My mom’s friend came out, meets my baby, and says “aren’t you breastfeeding “ as I’m having a sip of my drink. I explain the research , how I”

“So this weekend I was at my parents cabin, my daughter is 7 months old, breast fed and will only eat directly from breast as she has always refused bottles, which has been working just fine for us. Since we were on a little getaway, I chose to have a few drinks spread out over the day. Being mindful to hydrate and when I timed feeding baby. I wasn’t even tipsy, I think the last time I was drunk was maybe around a year before my pregnancy? My mom’s friend came out to visit, she met my baby. I’m t”

“I’ve exclusively breastfeed for a year now. Baby was fine taking a bottle if I was away or at work. Now that I actually want to wean, baby won’t take a bottle and doesn’t want cow milk or breastmilk unless I breastfeed him directly. Not sure what to do… submitted by /u/Neither-Explanation9 [link] [comments]”

“I am almost 5 weeks into exclusively nursing my son outside of some formula in the hospital to get his blood sugar up. I am having a really hard time deciding on whether I want to introduce a bottle or not. I guess I am terrified that he will only want the bottle and not want to nurse and I am really wanting to go as long as possible nursing. But I know my window could be closing for introducing a bottle and he could refuse a bottle and only want the boob. So mainly just looking for seasoned mom”

“Hi there! I'm a FTM to a 2 month old baby girl. Just now I was using my wearable pumps and she started crying to be fed, while trying to get the cap off the bottle she moved her head to the side and bonked it on the pump. She was already crying from wanting to be fed so I couldn't tell if she cried over the bump. She ate her bottle right after and is now asleep. I just feel so horrible and I'm so worried about it that I'm wondering if I should take her to the hospital to get chec”

“my lo is 3 months and my grandma is sending me rice cereal. everything i’ve read beforehand tells me to wait until 6 months because their bodies are just not ready for it. i’m pretty sure watery rice cereal is still considered a solid. i don’t really want to give it to him right now. what do you think? submitted by /u/opalite40 [link] [comments]”

“I’m actually not sure what to do anymore. My 5month old has never really been a great feeder. When she was 1 month old we had to start using a nipple sheild my LC said my letdown was overwhelming her. After that I had to continue to use a sheild since she would turn away and try to get away if I tried to get her to latch without the sheild. At 2.5months old she started refusing breast even with the sheild so we moved onto bottles & we try to pace feed. It was like a night and day difference”

“hello im a ftm and i have like 3 bags of pumped breastmilk in my freezer they expire in a month and i discovered i have high lipase and my baby wont drink it she really hates the taste i tried sneaking some into her purees she refused eating, thankfully i only had 6 bags so.. i feel so bad throwing what i have left. can i use the milk to bathe her? and how do i do that? i heard its good and soothing for the skin please any tips or helps are appreciated submitted by /u/Wafwaffff [link”