2 month old dropped centile

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Hi everyone, DS was born on the 75th centile and was following the line until last week he was weighed and he's dropped to 50th and seems to gradually be dropping even more. He will take 650ml a day max and that's if I'm lucky. I just can't figure out why he doesn't want to eat.

It can take an hour to feed him, he fidgets and pulls away from the bottle every ounce as he gets very windy. If i offer a bottle less than 3 and a half - 4 hours between then he refuses it. He will eat max 120ml per feed but usually less. When you put the bottle in his mouth he just sits there uninterested.

Has anyone else experienced this? HV said if he drops another centile then they'll be concerned

How is he apart from the weight? Is he settled after a feed? Is he bright and alert at times? Is he growing longer and is he meeting his milestones?

Sometimes there can be perfectly reasonable reasons for a dip in the weight centile. My DF's DS was always super slim but that was because he was always growing longer, as an adult he's now a slim 6'7".

My DD dropped 2 centiles but has stayed there ever since. She's followed that curve from around 4 months and is a teen now. Babies can sometimes catch-up by being born on a low centile and move up or move down one or two centiles before they find their natural curve.

There are some things you can try though if you're concerned.

You could try a faster test, a comfort formula and a dream feed. Don't try them all at once though or you'll have no idea which one is working, or not

Thanks for your reply. He's great he's happy, smiley it's like he's completely unfazed. He's meeting every milestone on the questionnaire you've added. He doesn't mind sleeping on his back at all which makes me think it isn't silent reflux but I have no idea. He spits up watery curdled milk sometimes after a feed but it's not everytime and sometimes he gags whether it's the bottle or the dummy. I'm not sure if this is normal.

I have heard that they can drop sometimes but then follow that centile. I think because my other son was so big when he was born and always wanted to eat it's just worried me a bit.

I was thinking of trying comfort formula. Can this sometimes make them eat less because it's thicker or do they tend to eat the same amount?

I think they eat the same amount with comfort formulas generally. It's the hungry baby formula that you have to be careful with as they stay fuller for longer in that one and can end up not getting enough calories.

If he's pooing normally , having several wet nappies a day and sleeping and seems content between feeds I wouldn't worry too much about one centile. Sometimes this happens.
Just keep an eye on it and take advice from the HV, if they're not concerned at the moment I wouldn't change anything.

I really wouldn't be too worried about this. Movement within 2 centile lines is generally classed as normal, and as long as he's well in himself, having normal wet and dirty nappies, and developing as expected it sounds like he's doing ok. If you're thinking he's taking a long time to feed you could try upping the teat size and see if this makes any difference.

He has super full nappies after every feed. Poos every 2-3 days but I think that's just a kendamil thing. Thanks for knocking some sense into me! I will keep an eye on his weight but he nay just stay on 50th like you say.