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4 month old stopped eating

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Flolo · 04/03/2013 16:00

DD is 16 wo and for the past 10 days or so she has stopped wanting her milk. She is FF on Aptamil with carobel thickener for reflux and she was having 5 5-6 oz bottles a day with no problem but now I struggle to get her to take 5 3-4 oz bottles, and even then I have to give her a dummy and then quickly swap it with her bottle. It's as if she would happily not eat at all!

She is teething which no doubt is contributing but I can't help but worry as her weight gain has slowed down. I've tried introducing a dream feed but she just won't take it. On average now she is having 16-20 oz a day which I know isn't really enough.

The doctor said if she doesn't gain this week then she will be referred to a paediatrician.

Can anyone please give me any advice as to how I can get her to eat more? [Confused]

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ilovepowerhoop · 04/03/2013 19:02

is she on a fast teat? maybe the carobel makes it hard to get the milk out.

Flolo · 04/03/2013 19:59

She has the variable flow so that's not the problem...

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