10 month old not drinking Formula and not eating as much....help

[powerqueen13]

Hi all,

My DS was a fantastic eater. he would have 4 bottles a day of 5 or 6 oz each plus 3 solid meals.

he started dropping his 4 pm bottle and  then slowly he started drinking less and less milk.  this stated a couple of weeks ago.

his solid intake has gone down by 30%...

i took him to the Dr and she said that he might end up having anemia if he continues this way and geve me Iron drops.

this also coincides with his upper front tooth coming in. he has one 2 bottom teeth and one upper tooth.

Is he ever gonna drink his milk agian??
he was doing anywhere between 18-24 oz a day and now he is down to 8-10 oz a day.

this really really concerns me because he refuses the bottle, cup or sippy. he also stopped drinking water... and he never really liked juice.


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[Lolly]

Is he teething at all - that usually impacts on eating?

If he is still on 4 bottles, dropping to 3 often helps at this age. The most common pattern seems to be a bottle on wake up, after lunch before the pm nap (but not feeding to sleep) and a bedtime bottle. When they drop one they usually take more in the remaining bottles.

What do you think?

Laura