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It took my LO a few days to adjust at daycare too -- he started daycare at 5 mos and he's been bottle fed since 6 weeks so he was definitely used to the bottle. I would say after a week he was drinking all of his bottles at daycare. I don't have any tips except it just took time for him to get used to all of the activity there - and it took a few days for the teachers to learn his cues and that he needs to feed away from all of the commotion.

DS did this for a while. He would refuse all bottles during the day and completely emptied my stash because I made DH (WAHD) offer him bottle after bottle while I was at work because I was so worried he'd get dehydrated. When I got home we would pretty much nurse until the sun came up. It was exhausting.
I would definitely try pumping extra and maybe offer her bottles in smaller increments until she wants more? Sorry it's so frustrating. It doesn't last forever though.

I would give her a bit more time.... Eventually the teachers learn the routine and signals. Also, daycare wears them out and she will start sleeping at night and wanting to eat more. Just watch out that naps at daycare don't get too long (we asked them to cut her off at 3 hours).

It is completely normal for breastfed babies to reverse cycle. This is where they eat all their calories when mama is home. My son reverse cycled and we ultimately chose to co-bed because of it.

DS is not in daycare but the same thing happened at 5 months, he started stretching his feed during the day and eating every 2-3 hours at night to make up for it. Could be a phase he's going through where he's too busy taking things in during the day to focus on eating. I hope it switches back soon!

Yes, it took my LO a week to adjust to bottles at daycare!