My dd (7 months on Wednesday) has always been a nightmare to feed. She’s always taken under what she should, but has gained weight steadily and hit milestones so hasn’t been a problem.
The last few days she’s been on an absolute feeding refusal. She started not taking bottles unless she was sleepy but now won’t do that, so we moved to sippy cups which worked but she wouldn’t take large feeds. Now she won’t go near those either unless they are filled with water. She’s on solids but isn’t really eating those either (fine with pouch in the morning but after that not interested - usually do a pouch in am and finger food in pm). She’s usually take about 900ml but now has dropped to 500. The solids haven’t affected her milk, in fact she increased her forumla when we started which was a lovely surprise (until the last few days obviously)
The weird thing is, other than the feeding, she’s totally normal. Wet and dirty nappies, very active (trying desperately to crawl, pivots around in endless circles on her tummy), chatty, smiley, giggly. Literally the same baby with no signs of illness/temperature, just won’t eat.
we have considered teething but we’ve thought she’s been teething for months and still no visible signs of teeth. Drooling and chewing everything but again she’s done that for months without affecting feeds
im just terrified because my parents are away and my husband is going away for 2 weeks on Wednesday so I’m terrified I’m going to be alone with a baby refusing to eat and what will happen. I’m already getting super stressed and feel panic attacky when she won’t eat.
we have also tried
- different temperatures of milk
- ready made formula and powdered formula
- 3 types of bottle
- different rooms
- feeding in high chair
same formula with birth - no problems other than occasional phases where she’s tricky to feed unless tired (plays with bottle, gets easily distracted etc)
sorry for the rambling… just really worried and after advice/reassurance - husband thinks I’m overreacting as she’s acting fine but 500ml seems like nothing - barely over half her usual amount! I am contacting dr/health visitor when open tomorrow cos I’m sick with worry but just wondered if anyone had experienced anything similar/has any advice.