Hello and welcome.
How is he otherwise? Does he sleep well? Does he seem to be in any pain? Is he frequetly irritable? How’s his weight?
If he’s in pain, irritable, not sleeping well, etc. I’d look into getting his Prevacid dose increased. My son did not do well until he was on the high dose that http://www.marci-kids.com recommends which for him was 10 mg/3 times daily.
What form of prevacid is he on? If he’s on solutabs or capsules it should be given on an empty stomach and followed up 30 minutes later with a full meal. (No one told me this when Myles’ started on Prevacid).
If he seems to be feeling fine and eats his solids well, then you may have to do what I’ve been doing for the last five months. Myles gave up his bottle (except one night time bottle) at 7 months of age. I’ve been spoon feeding him almost all of his fluids since then. I make his oatmeal very thin so he gets a fair amount of formula that way. I give that to him twice daily. I add formula or diluted pear juice to all of his purees to add more fluids. He has done fine this way; gained weight and is healthy. It’s a nuisance but I don’t know what else to do. Like your son, Myles won’t take a sippy cup either. Myles is also an unenthusiastic eater, but he does eat enough to sustain himself.
Personally I think my son’s bottle/cup refusal is a result of his reflux not being treated properly for the first five months. He was in pain and almost developed a full fledged feeding aversion.
I guess I really don’t want to tell you what to do because obviously I don’t have any answers, but I just wanted you to know that they can get enough fluids by spoon feeding.
Good luck and glad you found us.
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