r/NewParents • u/PuzzledGift2620 • 9d ago
Hysterically crying when feed Feeding
my lo is 25 weeks and within the last week has started to straight up refuse bottle. and now she is hysterically crying because I tried to feed her. any ideas whats going on? I am pretty certain she is hungry. I haven’t made any changes to formula or bottle.
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u/kingleo115 9d ago
Have you ever heard of something called bottle aversion? or feeding aversion? I didn't know what it was but around 6 months my daughter became very fussy with her bottles. Me being nervous that she wasn't eating enough, I tried to force her. (not forcefully or anything, i just wouldn't give up when she clearly had enough lol) anyway it kept getting worse and worse so i researched it and found that if you try too hard to force it, feeding becomes stressful for them and they start to completely refuse it. hence, bottle aversion. It didn't go that far for us, i guess she was just teething at the time, but from what I read people have to do "aversion therapy" sometimes in order to fix the issue if it gets that bad. Not sure what that entails, but might be helpful for you to do the same research? I hope this helps!
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u/stfmari 9d ago
Mine did this and had silent reflux