Clingy baby not accepting the bottle

Baby is almost 7 months and will be starting nursery at 9 months while I go back to work 3 days a week.
The issue is she won’t accept a bottle( breastfed baby) we have been trying basically since November with multiple teats to no avail🙈 she will take one atm but not overly happy about it and isn’t reliably accepting it.
She is also really clingy and not too happy with anyone apart from me- even dad atm!
I’m so scared about nursery. I’ve been trying to prepare her but I’m lost for what to do! Any help?

I’ve sorted returning to work but I feel like I may have to just not go back until she’s 1 year old? How much notice do I need to give to do that? UK based…

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.
Add a comment
Avatar

By 9 months she’ll be fine at nursery with food and water and have milk from the breast when back together x

Avatar

If you can postpone going back to work do it
And for your ease dont call her clingy and when anyone comments stay firm that she loves you.. she is a bless in love with her mum why to break her heart .. no one will love her like you do .. change the wording will make you her and everyone better dealing with this till you can fix it
May allah bless her for you❤️❤️

Read more on Peanut

Trending

in our community

mum guilt

am i the only one that doesn’t suffer from mum guilt when going out or staying away from baby for long periods of time?

i dont even feel it about starting work again at the end of next month

my boy is 10 months old.

Avatar

1

4

Wet clothes

When my 5mo rolls to his front in the night , we find all his clothing soaking wet in the morning. Amy other boy mums find this? Any tips?

Avatar

13

When did yall transition from a crib to a bed??

👀👀👀

Avatar

1

10

Feeling like a failure

Baby is 9 months old and I feel like I’m doing everything wrong. He doesn’t sleep well, never has, but I feel like it’s worse at the minute. He has never ever slept through, most he’s done is 6 hour stretch twice. Also, he is not interested in food at all despite trying and offering for the last 3 months. All babies his age seem to be eating well, yet to come across one who doesn’t.

He wakes up 5-10 times a night, normally it’s 2-4, most of the time he’ll only settle on the bottle despite me and my husband trying everything for hours. Sometimes we can rock him back to sleep but then up an hour later. At some point in night bottle won’t even settle him, he’ll only go back to sleep when in our bed. When he does wake up he’s rolling, kicking, slapping etc. he has to sleep with mittens on or he’ll pinch my eyes or scrape my gums etc.

Tried everything with his sleep but this isn’t getting better - even tried consultant but they couldn’t help.

We’ve offered him every type of food but he just throws it on the floor. When we try to offer it to him he purses lips and turns head away. Only thing he’ll eat is melty sticks. Seeing others on 3x bottles a day, my LO is on 6-7x bottles. Weve tried feed him before milk due so he’s not reliant on the bottle but it never works. Tried feeding after a feed but also doesn’t work. Tried feeding in the middle but not interested. Literally tried everything with food, not interested.

Feeling like a real failure of a mum. People saying ‘food is fun before 1’, but I’ll get to 1 and it’s going to become a real problem, which I don’t want. I’m exhausted and so upset.

Avatar

1

12

Thermo flask recommendations

Hey

I’m wanting some recommendations for a flask that retains its heat well for a long period of time to help with any bottle feeds I may need to do. This isn’t so much to warm up the milk but I like to do the hot shot method with my rapid cool. What does everyone use? X

Avatar

5

Sleeping

This is my first baby and I have no idea if this is normal or not but I've been sleeping basically all throughout the night and getting nearly 10 hours of sleep to still wake up absolutely shattered and have an hour to two hour nap at like 2 pm and then still go to bed at like 11 and sleep through the night and don't get me wrong I love the fact I'm getting in a comfortable enough position to sleep but it just seems out of the ordinary and just want to know if other people have experienced it

Avatar

5

Read more on Peanut