Baby refusing feeds

[MyNameIsRachel]

My baby 6.5 months doesn’t seem to want to feed.
I do 1 offer of BLW per day and he usually has 1000-1200ml milk per day.

Lately every bottle I offer gets smacked or of my hand.

He was in the NICU and because I’m probably neurotic because of so little feeding in the beginning it’s starting to make me scared and angry.

If I hold his hands down and sort of shove it in (feel so bad about it) he does have the bottle eventually so must be hungry?

He has 4-5oz every 2-3 hours still and has eaten little and often since birth.

Part of me feeling frustrated because I’ve been doing nothing but holding bottles for him due to slow feeding and reflux and I’m getting upset

If I don’t ‘shove’ them in I fear he’d never eat

My 7 month old is terrible with milk and food and has been terrible with milk since 4 months and food since 6 months when we started weaning.
4-5 oz every 3 hours sounds great how many feeds does he have?
I'm lucky if my dd has 3oz every 4 hours.
Please try and refrain from 'forcing' it as he will get a negative situation with the bottle then and he won't end up drinking anything. I know how stressful it is though trust me.

Speak to your health visitor, and be brutally honest.

I will say that I have no experience with formula since my LOs have been combi-fed with nursing and expressed milk. 1000-1200ml of milk sound like a lot if you are also feeding solids. I was told that a boy aged 6.5mo requires around 650kcal/day which corresponds to about 900 ml of formula or breastmilk.

I really get it, btw. My second baby was quite small and a few weeks early. I always worry about his intake.