4MO rufusing her milk - Help!

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Hi all,

Some advise would be welcomed please as my daughter (19 weeks) has started to refuse her bottle. It's been for 3 days now, shes having very little and after an oz she starts to cry and pushes it away. It's not wind as shes a good burper/tooter so brings it up lovely. Shes not sleeping great but i've assumed it's where shes not taking her milk?

She was born 9lbs 13ozs and has recently been dropping percentiles from 95th to 50th so we had to see the HV, doctor and pediatrician - all agreed shes okay as very alert, happy and developing well but now im very worried where shes not taking milk its going to make her weight gain even slower :(

I did try her with a little apple purree the other day as she gets very shouty and frustrated when we eat, shes trying to grap at things we have and when i tried her, she got on super well and was even smacking her lips after each little bit! But i think its been since then that shes not taking her milk so well - could it be ive upset her digestive system?? She cant be full up from the apple as she only had pea sized amounts each time (about 7/8 times)

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions welcomed please

xXx

I think apple is a little bit too acidic for a first taste of food. I'm thinking that it may indeed have upset her tummy a bit. I remember giving mine mashed sweet potato or ordinary potato as a first food. I would keep an eye on her nappies and make sure she's not getting dehydrated...so keep on offering her milk every hour if she's only having sips.

Stay away from solids for another two months. If you're not happy with her feeding by Tuesday or if she still seems unhappy see the GP.

Is she formula fed?
I recall DD suddenly going off milk and it turned out aptamil had changed the recipe. Changed formula brand and all was ok again.

Mind you, on that occasion there were quite a few mums on mn asking the same question.

I've stopped with the fruit as worried although she seems ready her tummy isnt! Sweet potato is a fab idea though when she is bigger will definately give that a go.

Gallicgirl that weird you should say that as yes, shes on Aptamil HBaby milk hmmm i had no idea they had changed the recipe!!

If she is taking less than half of her usual feeds in 24hrs i would take her to the gp tomorrow. Have you tried feeding her when she is asleep? My DD took more this way when she was unwell another thing you could consider is thrush does she have white spots in her mouth? Or it could be teething

This was 4 years ago OP. I have no idea what's happening with formula at the moment. It was just a suggestion as to a possible cause.

My first thought was oral thrush-check her lips/tongue/inside her cheeks!

Thanks for your replies, checked her mouth and looks normal to me....good news is shes taken more milk this morning! Took aggggges but dhe took her whole bottle before she fell asleep anc I managed another 30ml whilst she was sleeping.

Must have been the solids and it just really upset her little tum xx

I started weaning ds at 5.5 months (really 6 months cos he was overcooked) and in the first few weeks when we were doing tiny amounts his milk intake dropped like a stone. When I do this with my next kid I'll not touch solids till they're over 6 months & then in smaller amounts. They simply struggle to digest it.

Following today's improvement my advice would be to stay well away from anything other than milk. See what happens today/tomorrow & seek further medical help if it doesn't improve further.

I recommend the book 'My Child Won't Eat'. I wished I'd read it before my kid was 1, it'd have saved me a world of stress!