I have a 3 month old baby who is struggling to eat. He is only a tiny baby weighing 6lb 6oz when he was born & dropping to 5lb 8oz. We have been playing catch up ever since! He initially had expressed breast milk for the 1st 9wks & then we weaned him onto formula. He developed colic around 10wks so we changed to a comfort formula and all seemed to be well. However just recently he isn't taking as much but has started sleeping through from 11pm to 5am. Which is lovely for a very tired Mummy but concerning that he has now dropped a feed. He is gaining weight slowly & now weighs 9lb 4oz. He will drink somewhere between 18oz and 23oz a day in 5-7feeds. (Its the days he only takes 18oz that really worries me & these are becoming more often.) He is extremely fussy during feeding & at times I really feel like I am force feeding him, he often doesn't even ask for it. I have tried many different positions for feeding & could rival boots with the amount of bottle/teats I have bought & tried!
He is a very happy, alert and active baby so I don't know if I am worrying over nothing (I am a first time Mum). Many people tell me I am being a little paranoid but i get grief from the health visitor about his weight everytime I have him weighed. I don't know what else I can do to get him to eat. If I force him too much he throws it back at me & I don't want to damage out relationship by constantly wrestling with him over feeding.
Any advice anyone could give would be much appreciated as I really don't know what else to do!