7 month old teething

[Yorkiee]

She only drank 13 oz today. Ate no solids..

Is this normal? :( feel like I have failed today.

Losing their appetite around teething is normal.

Did she eat ok yesterday?

Is she otherwise ok?

You might be in for a tough night if she hasn't eaten enough during the day! Hopefully she'll take some milk then.

@NuffSaidSam thank you for the reply. She fed well yesterday. She seems well.

I just tried feeding her again but she only took 1 oz :( will try again in an hour.

I have a feeling she will wake up through out the night :(

My 7 month old has been the same for a couple of days with his top 2 teeth emerging. The good news is though it has not affected his sleep. I hope you get a good night.

@weepingwillow22 thank you for the reply. I can slightly see the bottom tooth. Just one but looks like two gum areas swollen. Could the other be coming out too? How long does all this take? I hope she sleeps through the night.. I'm so tired today.

My LOs bottom two teeth took around 5 days to come out fully however the first couple of days were the worst. They came out as a pair. You are probably over the hardest bit now. The only thing my LO will eat when teething is pear.

The top 2 which are currently emerging were about a month later.

@weepingwillow22. Aw with 5 days you were lucky. It's been a week and still hasn't fully appeared. Sorry to keep asking you questions. Did your LO drink formula / BF.

I just tried giving LO now and she didn't drink :( I'm not sure if I should try again in 1 or 2 hours or just wait and see if she wakes up?

How was your night? I hope you got some sleep.

My LO is breastfeed. No idea how much milk he is getting. He seemed to maintain breastfeeds though whilst teething but dropped most solids. I sometimes gave calpol before a feed which seemed to help. Also he liked chewing on a wet flannel. He seemed to like eating teething gel but no idea if it did anything.

@weepingwillow22 thank you so much for asking. She actually slept through the night but again didn't feed. I could normally dream feed her but she wasn't having it. Again this morning she would not drink her formula. I gave some poridge but she won't take it with formula. She ate some with water mixed. Not sure what to do. How often should I offer solids as she won't take formula.

Waiting for her nap time so I try again.

Thank you so much again.

Have you tried giving her some calpol before solids/formula? If she will not take formula I would try some greek yoghurt or other soft high calorie foods e.g avocado.

It seems odd that she is off formula in food too as I would have thought it would be more of a bottle aversion due to the pain than the flavour. Hopefully others will be along with more advice.

@weepingwillow22 thank you! Will prepare that for her lunch. I added formula to her meals yesterday but looking back now I just think she didn't have an appetite. Looking back at my post and I didn't make that clear! (Sorry) I managed to feed her some poridge again with water this morning but I will try with formula tomorrow morning and see how thet goes.

I can't tell how how grateful I am for your help. Made me feel so much better.

@weepingwillow22 I managed to get her to drink 3oz. I guess it's better than nothing! Will keep offering every 3/4 hours as I do and offer little solid in between.

Thank you soo soo soo much!

Ah no problem, glad she is drinking. It sounds like you are doing a great job. Hopefully not too much before the second tooth pops through.

They are such a worry, my LO has been refusing to nap all day but is asleep now so I am having a big glass of wine to celebrate .

@weepingwillow22 aww my LO refused nap today too and just fell asleep. I'm dying for some ice cream. 😂

Hopefully it comes through soon. Now I have the experience hopefully I won't be as worried.

I can't thank you enough! Hope you have a restful evening! ☺️😊