Just don’t know what to do?

Hey we had very similar situation. HV was concerned as she dropped 2 centiles but GP was happy as long as the baby is okay otherwise and it's not long term and enough wet nappies etc x

I think it just annoyed me more than anything because what the doctor are going to say when I just say that her drinking has reduced from her drinking the whole bottle to barely touching it as she’s had a cough and a cold so on so on as i know they would say if she has wet and dirty nappies and is happy in her self not to worry unless she not drinking anything at all and not weeing frequently

I know I felt the same at the time x

I know her drinking isn’t the best because she is ill but there nothing to do when it’s a cough like before she’s was really close to moving up an oz because she became ill

How much is she drinking? And how much did she drink before? Is there a reason why you're trying to do little but often and not just stick to your usual routine of every 3 hours? Are you trying little but often because she's not drinking much? It's just confused me as you said you tried it before but she will just drink the whole bottle?

@Becky so she’s was drinking 5oz every 3 hours so 750 mls but right now it could be anything between 90mls to 150 MLS with a push so I can’t really do that so I’m trying to get her her to drink enough in a day so I’m trying little and often don’t whether it will work but I’m trying

OK, so she's having between 3-5oz and would usually have 5oz is that right? How long has this been happening for? Does she have night feeds? Is baby being sick with coughing or managing to keep it down? How long are you going between feeds before trying again? Sorry for all the questions just trying to give you some advice 🙂

@Becky yes so that’s right and this been happening since last Tuesday so from the time she started to get ill , she’s doesn’t have an night feed she usually has her last bottle between 9 and 10 then sleeps through the night , sometimes but that’s when she is starting to get poorly that’s how I know with her first bottle, 2 hours between bottles at the moment at 3oz but I only start doing it after 12 as she’s drank 140 mls this morning so I did 3 hours then fed her then gave her an extra bottle after 1 so went to 3 then she had the whole 3 oz then want an extra sum so I made a 2 oz that she only drank 1oz so waiting 6 now as she’s had her extra bottle at 4 but might just make a 4 oz and try her with that

Honestly, I'd just stick with what you were doing before, so feeding every 3 hours unless ofcourse she shows signs of hunger or is being sick as you don't want baby to get dehydrated. It should pass hopefully soon. My baby has been ill for the past 2.5 weeks with a cough and cold but I just feed him as normal and sometimes he will drink all the bottle, so times he will leave couple oz so il give him a 20 minute break then see if he wants the rest. Maybe give that a go make 5oz as you usually would, and if she doesn't finish it, give her a little break and try again in 20 minutes or so. Is baby OK In herself? Seems happy? No temp? Wet and dirty nappies? Also if you're worried, try to get to a weigh-in clinic to check her weight x

@Becky I don’t want to go to weighing centre then I know I will have to be really anxious after