Not eating

For the past week or so my babies been eating less. Her first feed of the day (so after she’s slept all night) she’ll be enthusiastic for the feed when she sees the bottle but will have 2 oz and not want anything more, I’ll give it a while and sometimes she’ll go back to it after about 40 mins but sometimes she’ll won’t. And then all other feeds of the day there’s no enthusiasm most times and she’ll do the same, have 2 oz and then refuse. Maybe 1-2 feeds in the days she’ll have a decent amount but it’s a battle to get her to have it. I’ve tried practically forcing her and I’ve tried being chill and just waiting for her to indicate she wants it. I’ve tried changing the teats to the next size. And I don’t think it helped. I don’t know if she’s teething or not, she already has her two bottom ones, so I feel at 5 months it’d be very young to have the top ones come in. The only reason I’ve not asked a medical professional yet is because in 24 hrs she does have about 22 oz, so it adds up okay. But it’s a fight to get her to have it. She’s happy and normal in every other aspect. Any ideas of what it could be?

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Yep.. I'm going through the same thing. He'll have enough during the day, but it's like he wants to snack throughout rather than having his usual amount in one go. It's exhausting, right!?

My little girl (5months) has recently had a cold/cough, and she went off her milk. She usually has 6oz 5 times a day (7, 10, 2, 5, 8), and then sleeps 20:00-07:00, but now she will only want about 4oz, then shake her head, and get upset if I try to give her more. I do go back with the rest about 30mins later and she will only have another oz. I am currently trying the following to see if it helps - 6oz 7am 6oz 11am 6oz 3pm 6oz 7pm Bed 8pm Dream feed her last bottle at 10pm so she has her 30oz in the 24hours. Someone said to me to give it a longer break in between bottles, so 4hours rather than 3hours, to make her more hungry to have the whole bottle. Just means I can’t get all 5 bottles in from waking up to going to bed, so have to wake her at 10pm for the 5th, but she goes straight back to sleep. She is also genuinely happy and playing like normal. The above is working so far x

Could be a nursing/feeding strike. Just ride it out you're doing great mama!

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