I'm going to apologise, I didn't realise how long this was!
Ever since he has been born my DS has been a good feeder, and about 1 month ago would polish of 5 6oz bottles a day (we made 7oz bottles) and sleep through the night. Occasionally he'd take 7oz maybe a handful of times across 3-4 days and so we made 8oz bottles. He always at the upper limit of the HV recommended amount and stayed just over the 75 percentile.
In the last month we've noticed at least 4 teeth in his bottom gums, if not more. He has been an awful feeder since. He's now only having maybe 27ish oz a day, maybe 2 6oz bottles and 3 5oz bottles. For his weight the recommendation is a minimum of 32oz a day. If he is hungry he will take an 8oz bottle with ease, sometimes a 7oz, but then has less throughout the day.
Sometimes he screams while we are feeding him and a little bonjela/dentinox/calgel soothes him, as does calpol/nurofen for kids. Other times he sits bur faffs and can take an hour to take 6oz! Before he'd finish the 7oz in 20 minutes.
When he is full he'll let you know by pushing the bottle away, spittinf it straight out or just trying to 'bite' the teat as opposed to drink.
The HV weighed him 2 weeks ago and he had fallen from just over the 75th percentile two weeks before, to between the 75th and 50th. However, as he slept through the night she wasn't concerned.
He still has wet and dirty nappies, still sleeps through and shows no signs of hunger but he is eating significantly less than he should be (by a full bottle) and less than he was a month previously.
I'm gettinf him weighed again this week, as he seems to be slimming down, but I'm really not sure what to do. He shows no signs of colic/reflux/allergy/winding issues and is a pretty content baby who is only bothered when there are other, obvious, teething signs.
Has anyone else had this? Did their DC pick back up? Did they losr too much weight?
My older DS was an absolute grubber and nothing did (or does) put him off his food.