Noah's ounces are LOW. I don't think he's hitting 20, and I've officially broke out the "ounce counting pad" so that we can see for sure today.

He doesn't want to drink more than a few sucks at a time, and the rest of the time, he just screams and bats the bottle away despite his signs of hunger.

DH thinks that it has a lot to do with his lack of attention span these days. He's a typical toddler that doesn't want to sit still, and since bottles were never really an object of interest in the past, I just don't think he wants to waste his time on them.

However, he is also not drinking hardly anything during the night, which used to be his best time to get oucnes down. He spits it out and then covers his mouth when he wakes acting hungry.

I've tried giving him his formula in his straw sippy and in his regular sippy. He gave them both back, lol. He wants water and ONLY water in those sippys.

Any suggestions on how to deal with a 13 month old bottle refuser? This is crucial since he doesn't get any other cals besides the ones from his Peptamen.

Sorry I can't offer any ideas, Maggie. We had to forcefeed to get anything into Evan.

First let me say, that I think I read somewhere that he was having mucusy stools since starting the peptamen. Maybe it isn't agreeing with him. I think I would be looking into Neocate Jr or One + whichever fits his needs. As for the bottle, he is probably just done with a bottle, but that puts you in a fix. Have you tried a different sippy? Something completely different in shape or something that he maybe wouldn't associate with water. Or what about sitting down with him with a regular cup? Maybe he would think he was getting something if it came from a big cup you were holding. You could pour it into a bottle to see how much he has taken afterward to keep up. Oh, with Neocate there is a drink they make too, called EO28...I think. It is in a couple of flavors and comes in a juice box. Maybe that would be a route for you to go. I am just pulling everything out of my hat. As for the cup thing, though, that works for Em sometimes. I mix her formula up in a bottle and pour her 4 oz in dinner glass or cup that we use. Sit her in my lap and she thinks that she is getting a treat. I guess that is all I can think of.

Sarah will only take water from her sippy cup - and just takes sips. I am slowly adding formula to the water. Currently I am doing 3/4 water and 1/4 formula to help her get used to formula from the sippy. Maybe doing this will help Noah accept formula from the sippy.

When Cameron was constipated I used to dilute her formula too...for a couple weeks but when I brought it up to my ped he said not to do that anymore because it messes up the electrolites. I know "something" is better then nothing but I just thought about what he said. Ask your ped about diluting ??