My daughter is 5 months old and for the past 6 weeks she has been having a hard time eating.(and she has always had a problem with bowel movements) She was breast fed for 5.5 weeks and then put on formula. She ate great on the bottle and at 7 weeks old she was down to one feeding at night. Then it all changed.
She started to refuse the bottle at 4 months. She will take little sips (about 0.5 oz) every 15ish minutes. I have kept a log of how much she eats each day and how long it takes her to eat it. It usually takes her 2 hours to finish a 4oz bottle and that is with me constantly trying to feed her. She was in the 17% for her weight and has since dropped to the 9%. She only weighed 11lbs 14oz at 4 months and the most formula I can get her to drink each day is 20-24oz.
I changed her formula to a lactose free, with no change. I tried a faster flow nipple, no change. I have tried to feed her in a quiet dark room, no change. I have let her cry and wait to make sure she was really hungry and still she only at 0.5 oz. The strange part is that at night she will eat a 6oz bottle in 10 minutes with NO fussing!!!! I gave her some rice cereal to help her sleep at night but that made her extremely constipated so we have changed to oatmeal. She still has so much trouble going #2 and it has become firm, almost like she is a little dehydrated.
During the day she is so fussy and seems to be hungry, but just won't eat. Our nights are really really bad. Some nights I am up with her every 45 minutes. I am lucky if I can get 5hrs of sleep.
I just don't know what to do. We have a doctors apt. tomorrow and I am really hoping she can tell me what is going on but just in case I thought it would be nice to hear from other moms.
Can anyone help? I read the post on DYSPHAGIA.... could that be a possibility?
