I would just gradually ease him back into everything. To him the stay in hospital was obviously traumatic. Keep at the bottle, and at leaving him with people But do this bit gradually it will not take long before he is feeling confident again he just needs time to get over his fright and at the moment you are the only one he trusts.

Good luck

 Lexi xxx

hi my son was on a mask around the same age stick to the bottle he will come around to it i think that they think something so close to his mouth seems like the mask my son did it but we just didn't give up on the bottle and he took to it we had our masks at home so we let him play with it aswell to show him that its not scary that its fine

good luck

Hi there,

I think your best bet is to stick with the bottle, although like previous person said a beaker or tippy cup could be the way to go if no sucess but first you could try a higher formulas than he is already on this way it might help him drink it and also sleep a bit better.

I know you think it all may be to do with the hospital but my daughter went through this faze when she was three months and got very clingy your best bet is just to go with it as if you see it from his point of view mummy is his world and without mummy he cant do anything,he just loves you so all you need to do is be loving back and chances are he will appreicate it and things will go back to normal.

Also try not to make any changes in his normal routine for instance if he has a bath,story then milk then bed do not change it by giving him a story then a bath then milk then bed. Even if it is the slightest change they can tell just try and keep everything the same as much as you can as it will help him realise nothing is going to happen. Also give lots of cuddles so he knows your not going to leave him.

As for day care,etc when the time comes whether he is ready or not he will be clingy if he is close to you just try not to worry about it once there he will love it and he is in safe hands so try to relax.

Anyway hope this helps,keep us posted and let us know how you are getting on. Sarah.x.