4 months regression - feeding
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! Baby randomly started refusing his milk — I can’t help but think it’s linked to teething and him absolutely hating Calpol. It got to the point where he was clamping his mouth shut and spitting it out, and anything he did manage to drink would come back up.
We went to the doctor on Wednesday and, apart from being a bit fussy, he’s perfectly healthy. He does have a little bit of reflux, which is new, but it’s just really difficult not to worry that he isn’t drinking enough.
He previously went off one of his formulas, so we’ve tried a different one. He is taking this one rather than immediately spitting it out, but he’s still not drinking as much as he used to.
I’m now super paranoid about whether he’s getting enough! It’s just such a random change in his attitude towards milk. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
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I think its normal around that age. How/In what setting do you give him his bottles?
It’s really normal around this age for them to become fussy with feeds and do best when dream fed/ fed when drowsy x
I’m having the same office with my 4 and half month old daughter, she’s EBF and fining it extremely hard feeding her water it’s boob or bottle, I only thought this evening it could be linked to teething but I’m worried to give her calpol incase it’s not 🤷🏻♀️
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