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My five month old hasn't increased her eating

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DRMK79 · 08/02/2025 08:32

Hi, this is my first time posting on Mumsnet so slightly nervous.
My DD is 5 months old on Sunday, exclusively FF and hasn't increased her intake since a week old.
She has always drank anywhere between 650-750ml a day. She has very occasionally hit 800ml but that is a rarity. She'll generally drink 120ml-150ml at a time every 2-3 hours and will sleep up to 9 hours on a nightime. Has anyone else had similar experience with their little ones? I see babies drinking much bigger bottles and it just makes me so worried. She's just not a big eater.

She has always been on trend with her weight gain, hitting her milestones and is a happy active baby so HV said not to worry. However on her last weigh in she went slightly off her percentile. She has been on and off her bottles with teething symptoms and vaccinations the last month so there is a reason. It was also only by 0.55kg so they said not to worry and it's common with babies that age - but I still worry. I'm weighing her on Tuesday and I'm so nervous she hasn't gained or they'll have to put something in place for her.

She is close to teething age so I'm looking forward to that but can anyone give me some reassurance?

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TinyMouseTheatre · 08/02/2025 08:36

Dropping centiles is only a concern when they've dropped two whole centiles or the baby is actually lost weight.

Your baby is happy and healthy, I'd try not to worry Flowers

DRMK79 · 08/02/2025 08:43

TinyMouseTheatre · 08/02/2025 08:36

Dropping centiles is only a concern when they've dropped two whole centiles or the baby is actually lost weight.

Your baby is happy and healthy, I'd try not to worry Flowers

Ah thanks for letting me know that. Just that 500g seems like a lot to me but it's not really. Thanks I should also mention I'm a first time mam if it wasn't obvious! I try not to compare her to other babies as I know they're all so different it's just difficult when you've never done it before.

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TinyMouseTheatre · 08/02/2025 08:46

So has she actually lost 500g in weight?

DRMK79 · 08/02/2025 08:51

TinyMouseTheatre · 08/02/2025 08:46

So has she actually lost 500g in weight?

Sorry got my numbers confused been up with her tonight with teething grumps 🙈 it's not 500g sorry, she hasn't lost any just that her growth has slowed down a bit. So she was 5.95kg and she was meant to be 6.3kg to stay on her percentile. She has put on since her weigh in before that.

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