r/FormulaFeeders • u/concerned_shit • Apr 18 '26

Bottle Aversion / Feeding Refusal ❌ Bottle refusal- baby somehow started taking day time bottle but rejecting at night time . What to do?

After many attempts she started taking day time bottle. But rejects at night. Anyone has similar situation?

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u/Equivalent-Recover75 Apr 18 '26

Mines rejecting multiple day bottles and today went to bed with 16 oz and one pouch. She’s 8 months. HELP.

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u/No_Judgment_7812 Apr 18 '26

Is she teething? This happened with mine when she was teething and it was devastating but would always resolve. Bottles can be painful for them if they are sensitive to teething.

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u/Equivalent-Recover75 Apr 18 '26

I fear that they will be teething for the next 5 years so idk LOL maybe

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u/No_Judgment_7812 Apr 19 '26

Haha yeah it felt that way with mine also. She got all her teeth by 2!

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u/nzjessi Apr 18 '26

Is this like a general refusal or just recent? Depending on age , has baby maybe outgrown or reduced need for night feeds?

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u/concerned_shit Apr 18 '26

She is 4 months. She is ebf and yes it was general refusal. She did start to take bottle just yesterday during the day but totally refused at night

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u/nzjessi Apr 18 '26

Ah I see ! I had the inverse problem, bottle preference so it's hard to say. It could be just that she's learning the bottle and might need patience . We tried resettling overnight before defaulting to a feed from 5m and found out quickly our boy wasn't actually hungry (and ate better during day as a result) , but I imagine there's a massive variance between babies on that

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u/concerned_shit Apr 18 '26

She is only 4.5 month old and she taes breast at night for feed and comfort. Should i stop the night feed? Could she not really be hungry? I have to start my tumour treatment and this is stressing me out

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u/nzjessi Apr 18 '26

I don't think there's a "should"here honestly :) I'm sorry about the treatment, I can imagine this must be stressful. If it's any help , for us when our boy woke we just tried resettling him for up to roughly ten minutes , if he didn't settle we fed him (or if he was hollering in a way we could tell he wouldn't calm). Goal for us was to help him sleeping through the night as the 4 mth regression hit moreso than anything- sounds like the goal for yourself is moreso to transition to bottle?

I'm not an expert but would gradual switching be an option? Eg bottle at day boob at night for a bit?

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u/concerned_shit Apr 18 '26

I'll try that for few days that if she gradually transition at night. Will bf her till i can but if my dr urgently tell me to go on with treatment then ill be left with no option but to let her cry 😭

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u/nzjessi Apr 18 '26

Are you somewhere you can speak to a lactation consultants? They usually arent able to promote formula but can help with bottles

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u/concerned_shit Apr 18 '26

No there is no concept of LC in our country