FF bottle refusal

Baby has always been formula fed, 5 months old now and for the last few weeks has been going through some bottle refusal. But it’s getting worse.

Will generally take more if he drinks when tired, having more milk through the night 🫠 but will not drink properly in the day.

Usually he’s on 35oz per day ish and yesterday he only had 22. Dr says it’s fine as he still has 3 wet nappies a day but I am so so worried about him.

Any tips please??

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Same! Baby only drinking at 6pm 2am and 7am 7oz each time so 21oz a day. She was also drinking at 12 and 3 so dropped 14oz in the space of 1 week I am still offering the day bottles as I would like her 2am to become 2pm so I can sleep the night 🤣 but she refuses or just drinks 1oz. I read online that they are likely to have a regression with feeding at this age. I also gave her a couple of spoonfuls of baby porridge yesterday as she always tries to eat my food she sucked one then wasn’t interested x

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What size teat are you using? My baby was like this before we sized up, absolute game changer!

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wow so glad you wrote this I didn’t realise the next size on mam was 4months plus I’ve just ordered 😭🤣

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I was exactly the same! 😂 I just assumed size 3 was months away when really my baby just needed a faster flow. There might be some coughing/initially drowning as it is a big leap from size 2, but after 2 days she was back to feeding as normal!

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were on size 2, I tried 3 the other day and it just drowned him. it’s so hard to know what to do!

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My little girl was exactly the same when we first tried 3 but she got the hang of it very quickly!

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I tried again this afternoon and he refused the bottle even more so! feel like I just can’t get it right atm 🥲

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I’m literally going through this, but I tricked her most of the time by letting her watch cartoon. It distracts her as she starts drinking. lol
Sometime her Dad sings and do funny moves so she gets distracted and drinks the milk as well 😂

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Following, feedings are a nightmare, we barely get 20 oz in throughout the day

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I’ve found if I let him have the dummy first then pull it out and switch for bottle I can get a few oz in him. But another day plenty more refusal - only 2.5 bottles today 🥲

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