Hi guys. Wondered if anyone could help, tell me not to worry or to worry more.
My nearly 5 month old has become very fussy with his milk but did end up taking over 800ml yesterday as he luckily did a good morning feed and 300ml at 7pm. He slept through until 5:30am but then only took 110ml and took 40ml at 8am and won't entertain any more.
I know 800ml is fine but I feel like today it'll be so much less and he normally has 900-1,100ml a day!
I very annoyingly wrote all this before then it disappeared so here’s a summary of the things that might help:
⁃ Formula fed. I expressed until. 3 months but he was combi fed before then.
⁃ Always used SMA - powdered when home and ready made when out
⁃ He's not pooed in two days so that might not be helping?
⁃ He has heat rash (dr saw photos yesterday and isn’t worried) which is calming down now
⁃ He isn’t showing signs of teething but he’s my first so no idea really but not dribbling loads and no red cheeks
⁃ Used number 1 Tommee teats but have been trying him on number 2 since 2.5 months but he spits a lot out. The fed at 8am today was a number 2
⁃ He’s never had issues with the tests or bottles, or the milk before
⁃ He’s bringing a bit more up but nothing massive, a tiny bit of spit up but just a little bit more often (I’m scared if because if trying to get milk into him)
⁃ He’s happy and super smiley but maybe a little bit more fussy when awake
⁃ He normally has one early morning feed but the last two days he has woken at 5/5:30am and stayed up until his first nap
⁃ He naps on me, I go by the wake windows and he rarely goes passed 2hrs awake
⁃ He feeds to sleep sometimes and sometimes he goes in his next to me awake and falls asleep within 10/20 minutes with little or no crying
⁃ The last two nights we’ve moved his bedtime 30min earlier so now we take him up at 7, change nappy, feed and he’s asleep by 7:30-8
⁃ He has infacol at the start of feeds and has done since 3 months
⁃ We always burp well after each feed
Yesterday was the first day I haven't felt like a great mum to him. Normally I know I'm a good mum to him and that I look after him well but after yesterday and so far today I can't help but think I'm doing something wrong?