3 1/2 Month Old Baby not drinking enough

[Natheen]

Hi,

My baby is 3 1/2 months old and she drinks no more than 20 oz per day and that's with a bit of forcing otherwise she won't drink at all. She has acid reflux. Anyone in similar situation or has been? She has spits up as well and currently on medication for the reflux. She in 50th percentile for weight. She has always been drinking 20-25 oz up till now where she decreased to 20 oz. This is very stressful and it would be helpful to get advise from other mothers. I'm afraid my baby is going to start losing weight. She has always slept 20 hours a day and that is still continuing, shouldn't she be up longer now?

Hi,

I feel your pain... My gorgeous smiley little boy is 3 months old and he barely takes more than 20 oz a day (and that's usually by drinking 2/3 oz, resting for a while and me 'forcing' him to have a little bit more...)! He is such a little dinky. My little man sleeps like a trouper too. He goes from 7pm to 4/5am without a feed and sometimes he goes 12 hours at night without a feed. I am going mental with worry! I have tried so many things. He won't take a dream feed no matter how much I try to wake him. Today I tried to fit in another feed in the evening and it resulted in the most monstrous throw-up ever. I think he suffers from a bit of reflux as well but I thought it was getting better till tonight. I don't want to take him to get weighed cos it will make me worry. He's my second and common sense tells me that as long as he is developing well, I shouldn't worry too much but I can't help it. You aren't the only one...

Ax

Oh wow your baby sounds just like mine. Does your baby spit up? Yes it could be Reflux (GERD) or silent reflux. What did your doctor say about drinking 20 oz? My doctor is not too helpful, he just said try harder. I was worried that I took her into emergency one day because she only drank 14 oz and they increased her medication. Oh I feel the same way, I spend the entire day trying to feed her and then I come online to search for better advise. Oh I'm always running to the doctor to see how much she weighs, I'm getting obsessed with her weight that I ordered a baby scale online. My biggest fear is what if my baby always drinks 20 oz even when she is 6-7 months old