Baby not feeding anymore

[tamlalee]

Hi I'm new to mumsnet
My 11 week old daughter poppy is generally a brilliant baby, but she's stopped feeding.
She is bottle fed and for the past 9 weeks she incredibly fussy
She will only take up 2 oz at a time which makes no sense to be became when she was born she drank 3 and was on 3 for a couple of weeks. Then she started to take 4 but she's stopped at 4 and not gone any higher.
But now for the past 2 weeks she's completely refusing I have to force her to drink 2 oz and it takes me over an hour to feed her
I've changed her milk
Changed her bottles 3 times
Nothing is working she kicks cries and pushes the bottle away with her tounge and hands
It's very frustrating and stressful for me and her
Has anybody gone though this before hv and doctors don't listen they just say she will grow out of it but this has been going on for 9 weeks now
I can't take much more I'm so worried about my baby that she's not getting enough nutrients and calories

Hi @tamlalee, I’m so sorry to hear you’re going through this. I went through something similar with my baby, starting much later than you though at about 10 weeks. After ruling out anything medical, I turned to Rowena Bennett’s book “my baby’s bottle feeding aversion” which seemed to be the cause. It’s cheap on Amazon and can be downloaded as an e book. There’s also a Facebook group/ website which will let you have a read of signs to look for. Hope this helps x

Have you gone up a teat size yet? The very early one are very slow and she just might be getting bored.