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Interesting. My 12 weeker is being funny about eating. She has gotten more social and playful, so I chalk it up to her being too distracted to eat. She did the cutest thing tonight while suppose to be eating. I had her cradled in my arms, and she would turn her head as if to nurse, about to latch, and then look at me. Then turn her head to almost latch and then turn back to look at me. I watched her for a minute, then started saying "boo" when she would do the look at me part. After a couple "boos" she giggled and went to nursing. 😍😍😍
Would you keep offering a feed?
Has anyones LO ever acted not interested in eating? Even tho it's been 3 hours?
Liam is 13 weeks. bottle and formula fed.
He ate last night (4oz) at 10:00pm before bed.
He woke to eat at 5:30am. And only took 2.5oz But that isnt too abnormal for him .went back to sleep as usual and slept til 8:30 when he wakes.
Ate around 8:50am and only took another 2oz.
Then, he takes a short nap at 11 today and will often take a bigger (or full feed at least) before that nap.
Not today! He took a whole 2.0 oz!!!
And now he's in his jumper playing and talking and smiling and jumpin along.
I feel Like I should keep offering a feed !! Or should I wait for him to ask for it?
Idk if this is a phase, or leap, or whatever, but ... This child has got to be hungry! You would think!
We do baby led and scheduled feedings. If he wants to eat we feed. But if it's going past 3.5hours in the day time, like if he's napping, then I'll offer a feed and 99% of the time he takes it.
He has an Appt to discuss this bc Im worried about it but wanted to see if anyone else has went thru the same thing. Thanks a bunch.
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Our baby boy is bottle and formula fed. For the past 2 weeks he's been SO strange about feeding. He used to take 5 oz every 3-5 hours like nothing, with an additional feeding before bed and then maybe 3 oz during the night if he woke up. He would eat his hands and fuss when hungry. Now? Nothing! I swear if I didn't offer it, he wouldn't eat. He does about 4-5 oz every 4-5 hrs, has shrunk his 2 feedings before bed to 3-4 oz each rather than 5-7 oz, and gets up once a night to eat 4-5 oz. His night feed is the easiest, the rest are battles. He also decided he rarely wants to eat for anyone but mom. I have no idea what changed!
Am
Same here! I'm a SAHM so my husband always tries to do the 2 feeds after 6 pm, but he's lucky if he gets 7 or 8 oz between those 2.
As
wow!- liams night feeding is easy too. seems like he eats btr when half asleep. and.. he seems to only eat for me as well. once maaaaaybe twice a day hell eat for his dad, but I'm the one who has to feed him lately
Well, I breastfeed, and I only feed him when he asks to be fed. Sometimes it could be 3 hours. Some others 30 min since the last time.
Mi
I hope it's just a phase! I hope the pediatrician has some answers, and that he's keeping his weight.
As
that is what i worry about - the total ammt. (i track it here on the app) but, being that its noon and hes only had 9oz total so far today, it just has me wondering whats up. he def has 6 wet diapers a day, i believe we change around 10 wet and 1-2 dirty.
Mi
maybe worry about how much he gets in total during the day,rather than how much or how often he takes it. also, make sure he has at least 6 wet diapers during the day.
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