4 weeks ago I started feeding my 7 month a NF because she was consistently having NW at 3,4,5am and I figured it could be due to hunger. Ever since I started that, she has needed a NF, and has become completely disinterested in feeding during the day. She'd pop on and off my breast, so I resorted to pumping and bottle feeding instead. But even bottle feeding is a chore. I have to distract her the entire time she's feeding, just to get 4-5 oz. in her. She used to drink at least 8 oz. before bed (I'm guessing as I'd BF for 5+ mins and give her 3-4 oz. top up in a bottle.) And she'd BF for 5-10 mins during the day at 7am,11am, and 3pm.
I'm freaking out about her milk intake, but she's 19 lbs! So the other part of me is thinking that maybe I'm forcing milk in her that she doesn't really need. But she still wakes up at night and feeds for 10 minutes so she's definitely hungry.
Just wondering what to do. I want to eliminate the night feeds, but in order to do that I have to up her intake during the day, and it's a struggle just to get 4-5 oz. in her at each feeding (I try to give her 6 oz. before BT though).
What would you do? Not worry during the day knowing she'll get what she needs at night if she needs more, or try to increase the day time feedings even if it's a lot of work, and try to reduce the amount of time I breast feed during the night to wean her from the NF?
I should also mention that she is teething. No teeth yet, but often has NWs and I can resettle her but usually between 2 and 4pm she's hungry and that's the only thing that will settle her. She has solids 3 times a day. Breakfast is usually 1 Tbsp. oatmeal with 2 oz. fruit and is her best meal, usually eats most of it. Then lunch and dinner are hit and miss, more times than not she'll eat maybe 1/3 of her meal, which consists of 2 oz. of veggies or veggies mixed with fruit. So it's not like solids are interfering with her milk intake. She used to love her food, now she's neutral.
She just overall seems very distracted and would much rather be playing. I figured it would just be a phase, but it's been 4 weeks! (She doesn't crawl or roll over, just sits up on her own). I can just imagine it getting worse once she hits these milestones!
