From sealed lips to screaming for more food

The war of feeding between me and my little one started when for the first time nurse handed her to me for feeding. She was just not willing to open her mouth (root reflux and mommy instincts jumped out of the window for us), and to make things worse I kept force feeding her. Since the doctor made it clear that she should not go without milk for more than three hours, I made it my religious duty to force fed her every three hours. And what was the outcome? Well she wouldn’t open her mouth, lips tightly sealed, there used to be a negative energy around as soon as I used to hold the bottle, she would push nipple outside with her tongue, puke , scream, stress out and bottles of milk w wasted every time. Frustrating sight of wasted milk It was a mayhem, I rushed to emergency room several times, visited pediatricians, prayed , googled for all possible diseases, changed formulas , bottles , nipples and what not but nothing worked. Then finally a pediat...