19 weeks - major drop in appetite

[aimee-lou]

As many of you will know Earl is a big eater. Up until about 3 days ago he was eating 6-7, 7-8oz bottles each day. He could eat anything from 40-50oz in a 24 hour period. This has been going on for about 6 weeks.

He's dropped to 6, 6oz bottles - so around 36oz. I offer him 7oz and he will sometimes take it.

He's also now going 3-4 hours between feeds, whereas I was lucky to get 3 hours beforehand.

Wehave just been through the 4 month growth spurt and I was expecting him to slow down a little, but by this much?

Has anyone else had such a dramatic change in apetite? What's the minimum he should be having, just in case it drops further?

Thanks

 

[history_girls]

Phoebe had a drop off in eating about two weeks ago (now 20 1/2 weeks) so sounds similar!
I just followed her lead and always offered 8 0z when often she would often just take4! Yet she drained nightime and bedtime bottles so i did think perhaps she was just too distracted. picked up after a few days and now back to gannet self!

 

[aimee-lou]

I typed too soon lol.

Earl's had 32oz today so far with his dream feed to go, and has drained 4 7oz bottles today.

 

[OmarsMum]

I typed too soon lol.

Earl's had 32oz today so far with his dream feed to go, and has drained 4 7oz bottles today.

loooooooool. Good boy

 

[dom85]

Brady's sometimes a bit like this and at about 6-8 weeks was having the same amounts as Earl, then he started sleeping through the night so dropped 2 bottles and went to 4 8oz bottles a day which he's pretty much been on since then save for the 4 month growth spurt (where he actually had less and just slept!) and teething which majorly affected his feeds and he was only having about 22-24oz a day for 5 days.