sudden drop in oz in middle of day

[lilisuze]

mods feel free to move if necessary.

DD seemed to be getting the hang of easy and Sttn until about 2 weeks ago

around Xmas time we weaned her onto solids and got onto 3 meals quite quickly. she eats around 100g 3 times a day of veg fruit or cereal. there have been no issues with digesting as far as I know

she has had nutramigen bottles since October. we stopped bf due to low weight gain

in December she took a massive leap in formula intake and combined with solids took 4 x 6 oz bottles a day and Sttn for 2 weeks! this last month she is refusing any daytime bottles, maybe taking only 3 oz through the day. we moved to offering only 3 bottles and even then managed to get only about 5 oz at time

I am now offering 7 oz 3 times a day with Max intake from bottles about 16 oz. I am sneaking in about 4 extra into her solids

weight gain is good now, gained 1 lb in 1 month, but NW are back with a vengeance. tried offering milk in the night last night but she was not interested

any ideas what I should do?

[MommyMoulton]

Will read along... as We are having the exact same issues. used to drink 4x 8oz a day... now average of 4-6oz per bottle sometimes as little at 3oz... we are still STTN though.

[lilisuze]

bumping to catch UK early birds!

[Lolly]

Have you tried scaling her solids back for a few days to see if that increases her milk intake? If she's cutting her milk at this age it's usually an indication of too much solids and there is more calories and nutrition in her milk than cereal and fruit which is why it's more important.

Laura

[lilisuze]

no. I will try cutting back a bit, I suspected that would be the case. she is eating quite a lot for a little baby, she's only 14 lb and has never been a big eater!

[MommyMoulton]

I tried scalling back the solids for a week. It made no difference in Es milk intake.

[lilisuze]

I was also wondering if she could be rejecting the formula a bit? it is well known to taste awful and with all the nice new tastes from the food, maybe the milk is just to yacky for her.

it's quite hard to cut back on solids especially when she likes it, but I'll see how we go for a few days. here's hoping it stops the NW!

thanks lolly for the input

mm Congrats on the new ticker, only 6 weeks??! was it a brand new babe on the scan in the end?

[kateboundy]

I am having the same thing here...  I am actually going to post about it again in my post in "After Sickness" if someone can cast an eye...

at what age do you offer a bottle before the afternoon nap rather than at 11:30 (i.e. before lunch)? I think that would work better for us but she seems too young!

[lilisuze]

we do that now, 7 months, bottles at 7, 130 and 6

[kateboundy]

Ahh... so today she was not interested at all at 12 noon and took a little at 1, but then didnt eat lunch.  Then took a massive breast feed before her nap just before 3!