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Sometimes, no matter how good a person is to a child, the child may just not like them. Iam saying that by experience. I babysite this 2yr old. 5hrs/day 4days/week. i had since this summer, and she is still not licking it. She dosent like to be here. And when she is picked up, she totally ignores me, and she dosent look at me to say goodbye. She makes a fuss to stay too. It makes me feel really bad as i take good care of her. And my kids are good to her too. Son(2yrs) and daughter (3yrs) She acts very unhappy. I can beleive that your sil is taking good care of him, it may just be your son. My suggestion would be to try someone else for 1week. And see how he acts.

I disagree... I think you ought to try one bottle with him yourself (he could be associating the bottle with you not there) along with leaving things that smell like you. Leave a bathrobe or a towel. Does he cry and then calm down or does it vary? You can tell if your son does not like her by the way he acts. Mine would pee on the sitter - That was soo out of character for him, I pulled him and got someone else to watch him. How is he with her when you are there? Maybe spend some time with her and your son in a not daycare setting?

I agree with jas about leaving something there. My boss used to leave breast pads or a shirt so that when the baby was taking the bottle they could still smell mom. It's worth a shot....but definately try to give him a bottle yourself too.