Many tks for your note!
Suspected it's related to teething as he was displaying some of the symptoms you jotted down, including dribbling, chewing, and flushed cheeks about a wk ago (although chalked that up to having slept on his dribble when he's rolled over on his tummy). Would love to try a teething gel and see whether that makes a difference - any particular brand you can recommend?
I do regularly give him breaks in between, usually when he either starts making motions to arch his back in protest or simply puts his hands around the bottle and yanks it off himself. Sometimes it is related to gas, and i find it easier to get him interested once he's had a proper burp. Guess what worried me was the consistency with which he wouldn't eat on Sat going into Sunday as he normally may have a smaller here and there, but not all throughout an entire day (or in this case, nearly 2 days). He started eating more last night (he had 180ml for his dream feed), and was more or less back to his "normal" feeding routine today ... ish ... and managed to sleep through till 6.15am!
He is on a 4hr routine somewhat modified with a shorter nap (approx 45 - 60min) in the mrng and then a longer afternoon snooze (1.45min - 2hrs). So it's 7am wake up (although sometimes he does wake up closer to 6.30am), feed around 7.30am, nap at 9am. Next cycle starts around 9.45am, feed at 11am then down for his nap around noon. He's up next at 2pm-ish, feeds at 3pm, bathes at 6pm and feeds again at 6.30pm before going down at 7pm (sometimes he'll want a quick zzz around 4.15pm). Then as he's generally been an erratic eater, will give him a dreamfeed around 10.45pm of usually 180ml. He's generally managed in the last 4 - 6wks to sleep through the night with an occassional whimpering when he's turned over and gets his hands jammed through the cot spars or bangs his head against the headboard of the cot after managing to wriggle his way up .....
He's not yet on solids as paed recommended holding off till he's 6mos, but has been on formula exclusively since he hit his 4mo mark (large part as i needed to start travelling for my job again). Definitely went through a growth spurt several wks back where he guzzled 180-240ml each meal for 2 days! I am now using Avent "3" sized teat and was thinking recently of upping that to "4" because of his quick disinterest with feeding although the labels say it's supposed to be for babies older than 6mos - would be curious to know what you think?
Maybe keep up with the sippy cup/regular cup drinking since he really seemed to take to it?
Not sure whether he's too young, but paed did say last wk that i could try over the next few wks (guess i upped it a bit)??
Guess I'll keep a close on the little man these next few days and see how it goes ... will try out whatever teething gel you recommend and see if that helps. Otherwise though, luckily during the day he always appears to be happy and playful minus the odd ocassions when he gets bored with a setting, etc. Crossing fingers that it's just a teething problem!
