Bottle feeding

My little one is 11 weeks old and bottle fed, my health visitor said that she should regularly feed between 3-4 hrs but lately she's been going longer then that despite our efforts, she will just refuse to the bottle. Is this normal? I'm worried this is going to effect her weight gain because she has already dropped a centile recently especially since she doesn't always drink over 100ml

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My baby is 7 months old and prefers to eat every two hours. And I’m lucky if she takes 90mL. She’s been doing this for awhile now. Each baby is unique At 11 weeks she’ll say when she’s hungry. ♥️

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They really only need to eat every 3 hours until they hit their birth weight after that you are free to let it go a few hours more just feed when the baby is hungry

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