My little girl is EXACTLY the same. She drinks barely anything. She isnt keen on water or juice either and its so hard! She wakes for night feeds but doesn’t drink much and in the day i now make 4oz bottles and she drinks 2/3oz and then the next bottle will have 1oz its so bizarre. I went to the HV today and expressed my concerns as my daughter had dropped a centile and suffers with constipation too due to lack of fluids. Your not alone and i feel exactly the same with worry etc. i even get thoughts like ‘oh if i breast fed her would things be different’ Speak to your HV and have monthly weigh ins with them and chats it really helps x
we had this with my lb changed his milk and his so much better on it x
@Chloe Lily I'm glad I'm not the only one. But sad you are going through this too. When does it end?? Each day feels worse and worse. In total I got 8 oz in her yesterday. HV coming today to weigh her. I'm a nervous wreck and haven't slept as I'm so stressed.
I can’t help unfortunately but I can relate in that my girl was very similar up to around 5/6 months. She just was not interested in milk and regularly had half the recommended minimum amount. I was SO stressed by it and cried a lot. Everyone else just told me to ‘not worry’ and ‘she’ll be fine’ but it’s easy to say that when you’re not the one battling five or six times a day to get milk into your baby. I took her to the doctors a few times and because she was doing enough nappies and her obs were fine they always said it’s okay. We were even referred to A&E once by the GP but the specialist there said she was fine 🤷🏼♀️She was putting on weight slowly, though not slowly enough for it to be a big concern. Luckily her appetite seemed to grow at around 6 months and she’s having more, though still below the recommended. I know this isn’t any help but I don’t blame you for feeling the way you do. It’s really hard and really stressful!