Hi ladies,

My baby girl is a little small on the size percentiles but not much. 13 weeks old (😭).

She has refused bottles until a few weeks ago and doesn’t love to drink out of them still. We had to do bottles though because she started getting eased into daycare yesterday and sadly I can’t leave my teaching job to go breastfeed her.

About a month ago she was drinking about 3- 4.5 ounces at a time from a bottle (getting an estimated 24-26 ounces a day), but over the past week she has way slowed down on what she eats. We now we are lucky if she drinks 2 at a time (estimated 16 ounces tops with nighttime feedings included). Both days at daycare (5 hours being there each time) she has only had 1 ounce each day. Of course I’m trying to breastfeed her before dropping her off and as much as she wants during the time we spend together, but she is getting picky at the boob too and not eating much. Still having wet diapers every hour to two hours though. About one poopy diaper a day.

Do I need to worry? I really really want to avoid formula, but please don’t take that to offense if you are formula feeding! I totally get that fed is best.

Thanks mommies!