Hunger strike

it’s definitely possible she’s teething. the teething usually hits them hard around the 8-12 month mark

The only possible thing I can think of is teething

Omg I’m glad i’m not alone. My baby has not been wanting to drink her milk. She just pushes it away and then she hates her purees now we give her some food and she’s OK with it but it’s been so difficult and she’s been waking up to three times a night as well and we feel bad not getting her because we think she’s hungry but then she doesn’t eat

Both of mine have done this at 9M. I think its that 9M regression, it can affect how they eat in my experience. And yes, its super stressful! Like, I’m supposed to make sure you eat, why won’t you eat lol. Two things that I do when this happens: start the Enfamil liquid Poly-vi-sol multi vitamin once a day on the days that they’re below the 24 oz minimum. This is so they stull get their vitamins and minerals since they aren’t getting it from formula or breastmilk. And; Start trying soft spout sippy cups. Both of mine really liked the Nuk brand 8 oz cups with handles right at the 9M mark. They’re more in control and like playing with it. Also if you give her this once every few hours, it’s a sneaky way of getting in more milk even if its just an ounce or three!

Try some infant pain reliever. My baby girl gets like this when her teeth are bothering her and giving her a little medicine making possible for her to eat in peace.

This happened to my baby at like 7-8 months and we found out his formula wasn't agreeing with his stomach. We switched to Goat milk formula and he did way better

Thank you everyone. Tried giving her Tylenol in case it’s teething, did not help. She won’t drink from the sippy cup and I’ve tried multiple kinds. I’ve thought of trying a new formula but she’s been drinking this formula for months so I don’t know why she would suddenly stop. She’s even refusing the breast unless it’s the middle of the night. I feel like I’m losing my mind!!

@Ann Tylenol should take 30 min to kick in. Also, has she pooped? Upset tummy, gas? Maybe something cold for her to suckle instead?

Woah!! That sounds like full fledged bottle aversion. Look up Rowena Bennett and follow her method for a few days. Maybe that will reset everything

Tori—yeah that’s kind of what I’m afraid of. My mom takes care of her and I’ve seen her try to force feed her and I think that might be contributing. I’m guilty of trying to force feed her this week too since she’s refusing the bottle, just because I’ve been feeling pretty desperate, but I know that’s probably just making it worse.

I just experienced the opposite, worse cluster feeding than when she was a newborn for about 4 days. Thankfully that seems to be over.

@Ann it’s OK. I know from experiencing this it’s so hard not to try and force feed when they don’t eat. And yes, you called it, it just makes everything worse anyway. Her method worked for me in three days this time around. It’s essentially that you offer the bottle once, if she refuses you can offer it again 45 minutes later (before the bottle expires). Then you do not under any circumstance offer another bottle for 3-4 hours. This resets them and teaches them that the bottle isn’t going to be forced on them anymore and won’t cause them any more stress.

@Ann my baby was on the same formula for months too and then like.... suddenly hated it.

My son did this for almost two weeks and lost weight but Dr said it was because he is learning to stand and now that he’s mobile he doesn’t care to eat. He finally broke his fast yesterday and has been chugging 7-8oz bottles of breast milk 7-8x a day when he use to only take 5oz 6x a day