Baby not eating much?

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For the last week or so my baby has zero interest in the bottle. I have to force her to eat half a bottle... every time. It’s very frustrating. Sometimes she will straight up refuse to eat. She seems to be overall happy. She has a slightly runny nose but that’s it. Her sleep has been kinda weird too. Anyone else having the same problem?

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Loss of appetite is a side effect of teething. They will eat when hungry, no worries on starving them 😂

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My baby has been doing this too for the past couple of weeks, he just cut a tooth so I think that’s what’s going on

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Is she eating solids now? My girl has reduced the amount of formula because she’s getting 6-8 oz of solids a day. She’s essentially traded off. She was eating about 30-32 oz of formula before but is now at about 24-26 oz. Pediatrician said this is normal and totally fine, and to just listen to baby. She went through a few days of only taking in 20 oz (which was a struggle) then once we adjusted to 4 oz bottles after food, she was happier. Our schedule is now 6 oz at 6 am, 4 oz of solids and a 4 oz bottle at 9:30, 6 oz bottle at 1:00, 4 oz solids and 4 oz bottle at 5:00, and her last 6 oz bottle at 8:30. She created this schedule on her own but I’m hoping we can move the times to bring a little closer to align with our dinner time.

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Mine went through the same thing at 6mos (she's now 7mos). I EP and bottle feed and she's still not accepting solids save for a spoon or two on occasion, but she went from 25oz a day to 30oz a day for about two weeks, and then dropped drastically when she hit 6mos. I think for a week and a half we had to dreamfeed just to get 21oz a day. Then she came back up to about 24oz and that's where she's stayed ever since.
Her pediatrician was only concerned with the number of times she was feeding per day because she only seems to want to feed 4x and he says she should be feeding at least 5x (at first he said 8x a day so I'm not 100% convinced he knows what he's talking about in that respect) but he said the most important thing is that she's still gaining weight along her curve and making 6-8 wet diapers, which she does just fine.

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Yup! My baby is EBF but the last week has been going a lot longer without eating. He seems happy so im not gonna worry unless I have to. I’ve been giving him 2-3 meals a day of solids so I’m thinking that’s why.

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This! This is my daughter right now! She went from eating 30oz on breast milk to only 20-24. She is still eating her baby food though. I’ve tried different flow of nipples. Teething tablets. Everything I can think of. She is happy and still wetting plenty of diapers. So I don’t know what to think.

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Thank you ladies for the comments and support!! I know it’s a phase and it will pass. It’s just frustrating! 💕

Baby not eating much?

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