6 month old only drinking 12oz in day.... Help!!!

[kezzi78]

  Please help my LO is having three bottles a day and recently has started only taking 100ml/4oz per feed, now i know the recommended daily intake for a baby of her age is 500ml.....

she will eat yoghurt till it is coming out of her ears and also likes homemade custard ( made with full fat milk) but how can i get more into her and will it damage her if she doesnt have the recommedned amount???

[LŠuren]

Kezia

I am having this issue as well, this is what I have resorted to.

Making 3 x 6oz bottles and 1 x 10oz bottle (bedtime)

The 3 x 6oz bottles are his 0730/1200/1630 bottles, I expect him to drink all the milk in it whether it be bottle, in his solids or sippy.
First I give as much as I can in the bottle (sometimes only 3oz), if I give him pasta or rice I need to add more milk so some goes into that and the rest I offer him throughhis solids in a cup to wash down his meal.

[kezzi78]

calums mum, glad to know i am not alone. Amelie schedule goes like this.... so not sure how to add more in

6.45/7.00am - wake 4-5oz milk
8.30am - breakfast - normally a yoghurt as doesnt like cereal --- no chance of adding milk here

11.30am - lunch - solids - normally veggies and fruit - can add some milk here
1.00pm - milk - been lucky to get 2oz into her today

3.00pm - tea - solids - can add some milk here
6.00pm - bottle - 3-4 oz
6.10pm bed

she is refusing her DF and has been doing so for a week or so. She has a bit of a cold and has cut her first tooth so not sure whether this has had an impact( know it has on her sleep but thats a different story !!!)

I have tried to give milk in sippy cup, she will happily drink water out of it but not keen on milk

[LŠuren]

Kezia is she maybe teeting (just read the bottom of your post), I have a feeling calum is at the moment. He just took a 10oz and it was very warm/hot and he guzzled it, he prefers it warmer at the moment  . It also helps to rub teething liquid on thier gums before putting the bottle in.

Have you also tried putting milk in a cup, Calum will sometime not accept a bottle but will gladly sip from a cup or the lid of the bottle (what's that all about) . It may take the pressure of her gums.

I only use Anbesol liquid, it is so much stronger than bongela. I have also tried the ashton & parson teething powers, but I thik they made him sick.

[kezzi78]

teething is such a pain..... so glad calum has just taken 10oz..... I have tried milk in a cup but she will only take a few mouthfuls but not the 9oz i feel she should.Will look into the anbesol as at the moment using bonjela or calgel

[LŠuren]

I have tried Anbesol on my own gums and it numbs them straight away. The liquid is also for babies, although I don't beleive it says on theoutter packaging only the inner leaflet. My HV told me that LO just swallow bongela before it can become effective.

Good luck