3.5 month old FF suddenly won't take bottle from anyone but me :(

[hopefulfor1st]

Has anyone had this problem?
I'm seriously stressing, I don't want him to be 100% dependent on me.
My mum has tried so has hubby and he just screams and arches his back.
Gonna try drop him at mums Saturday at feed time and drive around the corner to see if its just when I'm there
Has anyone experienced this and was it just short term?

 

[Ktothema]

We had this with Dd. She only had bottles from me, oh and oddly one of my aunts. That was it. She did get better around 10m in that she let mil feed her too, but by that point it wasn't thee end of the world if she had a bad bottle. Ds on the other hand doesn't want anyone feeding him bottles now, even me...

Sorry I don't have a good story for you.

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Ah eek he's nowhere near that and he won't let anyone else but me, not even hubby

 

[hopefulfor1st]

I'm hoping its just teeth and will pass.
I'm secretly wondering if he somehow knows I stopped taking the pill 2 days ago?!

 

[Dragonfly]

Hes only 3 months old they normally are dependant on mums :/

 

[Ktothema]

I'm hoping its just teeth and will pass.
I'm secretly wondering if he somehow knows I stopped taking the pill 2 days ago?!

I bet he does, these kids aren't stupid hehe

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Hes only 3 months old they normally are dependant on mums :/

Perhaps I worded that wrong.
I just mean now I'm able to leave him with mum for a few hours and have some me time but if this keeps up I won't be.
At this point in time he won't even let his daddy feed him I don't think that's healthy

 

[Dragonfly]

Forth trimester, look that up and babies wanting just mum at that age is not unhealthy both mine where glued to me and love their dad and now glued to him. They are used to being in you and this creates a good solid bond with you in early days.

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Forth trimester, look that up and babies wanting just mum at that age is not unhealthy both mine where glued to me and love their dad and now glued to him. They are used to being in you and this creates a good solid bond with you in early days.

I know what the fourth trimester is its the first 3 months of a baby's life how ever that ended a while ago he's almost 16 weeks and it doesn't explain a regression where everything is fine one day and not the next

 

[Dragonfly]

Teething and milestones make baby clingy too and even disrupt sleep. To me this is normal as I have seen it before and many other mums. They go through stages like this and they do pass. So normally thats mums time to show they will be there for them till they can be independent later on.

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Teething and milestones make baby clingy too and even disrupt sleep. To me this is normal as I have seen it before and many other mums. They go through stages like this and they do pass. So normally thats mums time to show they will be there for them till they can be independent later on.

That's what I was asking, if anyone has any experience on how long it has lasted for them. My mum was really upset today, he happily slept on her for 2 hours while I did groceries and she was just getting a bottle ready as I got home and then he started screaming and wouldn't take it from her, so I tried and he took it, passed him to hubby wouldn't take it, back to me took it.

 

[Noelle610]

Forth trimester, look that up and babies wanting just mum at that age is not unhealthy both mine where glued to me and love their dad and now glued to him. They are used to being in you and this creates a good solid bond with you in early days.

I know what the fourth trimester is its the first 3 months of a baby's life how ever that ended a while ago he's almost 16 weeks and it doesn't explain a regression where everything is fine one day and not the next

I hope this doesn't come off as superior, because it's now how I mean it.... But when your baby is older you will be shocked at how little and helpless he was at just 16 weeks. Although he's "older" (by weeks!) than the official "4th trimester", he's really still a newborn in so many ways. Hell, my 11 month old has moments where she just needs to be cuddled or held in the carrier.

I know it's hard you likely feel particularly tethered, but this is normal and actually wonderful - it's a compliment to your parenting that your baby just wants to be with you. It will likely come and go a lot, at least during the first year, and I would just go with the flow.

In terms of leaving him, you may find it's an "out of sight, out of mind" kind of thing, especially since he doesn't yet have a grasp on object permanence.