17 weeks not feeding well

[PleasetellmeIWillsurvive]

Argh. At my wits ebd this morning. My DD is 17 weeks abd her feeding has always been up and down but the past 3 days has hit an all time low. Her overall intake is still ok somehow but for example after a 5.10am night feed she woke at 8.15 and at 9am took 1oz. She will not take any more and has just really struggled to go fir her first nap of the day. 2 weeks ago she had a few days of drinking 7oz at each feed which must have been a growth spurt but she's really struggling now. I know 4 months is a difficult time for babies but would love to hear if abyone has had a similar experience? I just want to cry!

My first went through a really fussy stage at 4/5 months where I felt that I was getting do stressed as he seemed to drink hardly anything. He eventually settled back down though and all I can say is that as hard as it may be, really try not to stress about it. Just offer regular feeds and they take what they take. If you were breastfeeding you wouldn't know what they were taking so as long as they are happy and having wet nappies and alert time, just try to chill and ride it out.

Thank you! That's what I keep telling myself! So hard, she's had 9oz all day and 3 x 30 min naps. So fed up with it all today.

Just remember that it is all a phase and they won't starve themselves... they'll take what they need if they're normally a good feeder. When my first was 11 months old he got a stomach bug and couldn't keep any liquid down. We had to give syringes of juice 5ml at a time for two days. The doctor told us that as long as they had one wet nappy a day that was ok, which I've tried to keep in mind since when I've worried about fluid intake.

My baby is 14 weeks and has been a fussy feeder since 4 weeks old!
I manage to get her to have between 21-23oz a day max.
Her 1 night feed is 3oz (around 5 or 6am) She will wake at 9am or just before and will not take more milk until shes ready, normally about an hour after waking. Then she might have 4oz, 5oz if im really lucky! The rest of her bottles vary between 3-5oz.
I still stress about it sometimes but she gains weight and is content. She weighs 13lb 3oz

@Eltay thanks that's really interesting. My current frustration is that she had gone down to one night feed and is now back up to 2 and I'm sure this is affecting her day time feeds. I don't actually mind getting up in the night but she's so much happier in the day time when she feeds well!

@PleasetellmeIWillsurvive does your littlen have a dummy? If so, have you tried popping that in for one of the wakings?
My DD was waking at 3am for a couple nights but the dummy sent her back off until her usual night feed time

@Eltay yes, we had been doing that up until recently but it usually only bought us an extra hour - may start doing it again though if this continues just to see if she'd go a bit longer.

@PleasetellmeIWillsurvive just wondered how your feeding is getting on?
Mine is now a bit worse! Only managing around 20oz a day the last couple days

@Eltay it's up and down, but overall intake is fine at around 27-30 ounces - she just makes up for it in the night! She seems to take a better feed if I feed her more like every 4 hours, think maybe I was misreading her cues?

I wouldn't worry, pretty sure your lo would wake for extra night feeds if not getting enough in the day!x