8mo old not drinking as much as used to

[Yolande2008]

LO used to drink 6oz bottles 3 times a day and before bed bottle 7 to 8oz. started a couple of days ago will only drink morning bottle 5oz, 3 to 4 oz for her afternoon and dinner bottle, night time bottle is about 6 to 7oz.  She has just popped two of her bottom teeth could this be why and should I not worry?  She is on the fastest nipple and it is not reflux. She eats her solids OK. She is constantly on the go could this be developmental period and I should just roll with it?

[Tansy]

This is probably not much help but my ds was the same - his feeds really reduced around the 8 mth mark and are only slowly starting to improve now. I put it down to teeth for my lo. Also developmental milestones can affect eating/sleeping/temperament etc
If you are worried you could add more milk to her solids such as cereal or baby rice...

[Yolande2008]

this is her schedule roughly give or take 30 min:

wakes 7:30 eats 6 to 7oz
plays
8:45 breakfest (Farley biscuit with 1oz formula will not eat baby cereal)
plays
nap at 10:30 for 1hour
eats 11:30 bottle 3 to 4 oz (used to eat 6oz)
plays
eats 12:45 solids (2tbsp veg and 2 tbsp fruit)
plays
nap 2:00 fir 45 min to 1 hour (sometimes will not go down for nap)
eats 3:30/4p.m. solids (2tbsp veg and 2 tbsp fruit)
plays
bath at 7
last bottle at 7:15 7 to 8oz
bed by 7:30
sleeps all night till morning

should I be worried about how much formula she is getting or does this sound OK???

[Tansy]

I would try moving the second bottle back a bit. Your lo is going 4 hours between the first bottle and then 7 hours between the next two. I know it is more important to drink milk rather than solids at this stage, but one of the girls on this site posted a routine for me which really helped with his eating and when i should be giving those 3 bottles. It looked something like this:
a typical routine with 3 bottles looks something like this:
7am bottle
8am solids
10am Sleep
11.30am wake
12noon solids
1pm bottle
2.30pm sleep
4pm wake
7pm bottle & bed
 Of course, ive tweeked it a little to suit my ds and you can do the same. Maybe if you give a bigger gap between the first and second bottle, lo would drink more. It may take a couple of days to settle into it though

Also, like i said, it could be teeth or developmental issues, and eventually your lo will sort it out. I was worried too about ds's low intake but a couple of weeks later he is now having between 6 and 8 oz at each feed
HTH

[Yolande2008]

Will try this today, however this morning was not a good feed she would only take 4oz at best, I will try this routine for the next couple of days she has a doc's appointment soon and maybe there is something going on.  she did have reflux at 3mo but got that under control and this behaviour is not the same as it was before.  I think that you are right that this could be part of the teething process it is very frustrating and I worry that she is not getting enough fluids.  She will not take juice or water from a bottle and the sippy cup she only takes little sips from it not enough for hydration.  Throughout the day she is not complaining of hunger, she is just very very active.  Thanks for your help, hopefully this all works out.