My LO just turned 5 months, she has been on a four hr feeding schedule for almost a month and was eating 7-8.5 oz per feed, and taking 4 bottles plus df which was only 3-4 oz. but suddenly she was refusing the bottle and when she does take it, she rarely eats more than 5.5 oz. but I have to use a syringe for maybe half an oz then she will finally accept the bottle. If this didn't work, I would give her her soother and then quickly switch to the bottle.
Once she is eating, she is fine, but she really fights me getting the bottle into her mouth. She has done this for every feed now for a week. Her df has increased to 4-5 oz so her total intake is around 25 oz but at 17 lbs, I wonder if this is enough esp since she is waking more in the night when before she would sleep through to 7. I have not been adding a night feed more because she won't take it. She makes it to 530 or 630 and then I can tell she is hungry.
I just started solids today so this issue started before I introduced solids.
So I guess my question is, could this just be a phase? I think she is too young to drop a bottle, and are there any tricks to getting her to take more oz? She refuses to take the bottle again once she needs to burp.
