7mo not interested in morning bottles

[Posterpots]

Hi

My 7mo is teething big time, already has two teeth but is suffering terribly at the moment, and not sleeping through anymore, nor feeding well in the day. I am weaning her, started off on own purees, went away and now she hates my food (like her Daddy!) so am using a lot of Ella's Kitchen/Organix/Plum pouches, and some days she eats really well so she has food three times a day plus 5 6oz bottles.

However, for a while she's not been interested in her first bottle of the day..she'll only have 1 or 2 oz's when she should be ravenous. I do dream feed her, normally before I go to bed, usually between 10.30pm-12.00 and normally she will sleep through till 7am-8am but is waking up some nights but I don't feed her.

I will use some of the formula for her porridge or cereal and she will normally have the rest about an hour later...so a bottle can take 2 hours to finish! I give her bottles at room temperature; she doesn't like it warm any more since her gums are hurting.

Anyone going through the same thing have any tips on how to get her to drink more in the morning?

Thanks.

 

[choc]

No tips I'm afraid, but I am going through something similiar. However my son is only 3 months. It has been suggested to me that he may be starting teething though. He is completely uninterested in his morning bottle and has been for about a week. Last night he didn't have his night feed and I thought problem solved, he'll be starving in the morning, but no! No difference!

He is being funny with his other bottles too. Drinking a little bit and then screaming and not having anymore. He screams when ever I put the bottle back in his mouth.

I am at my wits end.

 

[OmarsMum]

Omar was never keen on his morning bottle. When we started weaning, I used to offer him his breakfast 30 mins after he wakes up & his 1st bottle 1.5-2 hours later before his 1st nap. We switched to follow on at 7.5 months & he started to take more milk. If ur LO takes around 18-21 oz which is what they need at 6+, there is nothing to worry about hun. Omar's average was 15-18 oz with 1 solid at 7 months. He's a big baby & it never affected his weight gain xx

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

ella is almost 7mths and her first morning bottle is usually hit and miss.
she is fed at 7.30pm and goes all night.
some mornings (7/7.30am) she will only manage 3ozs and that is an awkward3ozs, wriggling to look around, pulling the teat out and having a chat, she doesn't really want it and sometimes goes until 10am.
the rest of the day though she drowns 8oz bottles so I just leave be x

 

[Posterpots]

Thanks for all your replies. Been to see the HV today for weighing etc and B is doing really well despite lack of appetite which is great. I raised my concerns about lack of interest in morning feed, and like nmwb78, she suggested try breakfast first, especially if I give her food which her formula can be added to, so I will start this tomorrow. She also suggested I drop her dream feed, which I am reluctant to do because I know she isn't getting enough from her bottles in the day as she doesn't finish them.

She also advised me now to start stage two of weaning which I am a little excited and nervous about at the same time. I offered her a little rice cake today and she was nibbling at it, and one piece nearly choked her!!!

 

[Posterpots]

No tips I'm afraid, but I am going through something similiar. However my son is only 3 months. It has been suggested to me that he may be starting teething though. He is completely uninterested in his morning bottle and has been for about a week. Last night he didn't have his night feed and I thought problem solved, he'll be starving in the morning, but no! No difference!

He is being funny with his other bottles too. Drinking a little bit and then screaming and not having anymore. He screams when ever I put the bottle back in his mouth.

I am at my wits end.

My baby starting teething at two months, and her first two bottom teeth came just before she was 4 months, so it is possible for your son to be feeling like this..my little girl has always been a little but often feeder. I bf her until she was 9 weeks and that night she slept through until her teething got worse.

My HV suggested rubbing teething gel onto her gums 15 minutes before she was due a feed to help numb the area, perhaps you could try that? Also, I accidently discovered my baby preferred her bottles cold/room temperature which must be soothiing for her gums, rather than warmed up ones.

 

[choc]

No tips I'm afraid, but I am going through something similiar. However my son is only 3 months. It has been suggested to me that he may be starting teething though. He is completely uninterested in his morning bottle and has been for about a week. Last night he didn't have his night feed and I thought problem solved, he'll be starving in the morning, but no! No difference!

He is being funny with his other bottles too. Drinking a little bit and then screaming and not having anymore. He screams when ever I put the bottle back in his mouth.

I am at my wits end.

My baby starting teething at two months, and her first two bottom teeth came just before she was 4 months, so it is possible for your son to be feeling like this..my little girl has always been a little but often feeder. I bf her until she was 9 weeks and that night she slept through until her teething got worse.

My HV suggested rubbing teething gel onto her gums 15 minutes before she was due a feed to help numb the area, perhaps you could try that? Also, I accidently discovered my baby preferred her bottles cold/room temperature which must be soothiing for her gums, rather than warmed up ones.

Thanks for the advice. He is being funny with all his bottles really, not taking more than 4 oz now where he used to take 5 or 6. I changed to staydown milk recently and am wondering if it is that. He has always had room temp bottles. I may try the teething gel though, thanks x

 

[OmarsMum]

Thanks for the advice. He is being funny with all his bottles really, not taking more than 4 oz now where he used to take 5 or 6. I changed to staydown milk recently and am wondering if it is that. He has always had room temp bottles. I may try the teething gel though, thanks x

Omar was on anti reflux/stay down formula which is much more filling than normal formula. He used to drink around 18-20 oz at 3 months. He never went for more than 24 oz & only for few weeks at 4 months, then he started to take less again. At 5 months his average was between 16-20 oz, & some days while teething it was 10-12 oz only. His weight gain was never affected. HTH

 

[choc]

Thanks for the advice. He is being funny with all his bottles really, not taking more than 4 oz now where he used to take 5 or 6. I changed to staydown milk recently and am wondering if it is that. He has always had room temp bottles. I may try the teething gel though, thanks x

Omar was on anti reflux/stay down formula which is much more filling than normal formula. He used to drink around 18-20 oz at 3 months. He never went for more than 24 oz & only for few weeks at 4 months, then he started to take less again. At 5 months his average was between 16-20 oz, & some days while teething it was 10-12 oz only. His weight gain was never affected. HTH

Oh thank you so much, just what I wanted to hear!