Refusing bottles during the day

ginsing

DD refuses to eat more than 2 or 3 oz per feed during the day. She's on nutramigen (since she was 6 wks old due to reflux & possible milk soy protein intolerance). She now consistently wakes up during the night starving (I can actually hear her stomach growling) and will eat anywhere from 6-8 oz at that time (when she's half asleep) and fall right back asleep...but during the day, it's a struggle to get her to take 3 oz.  She just won't drink it. Turns her head, sits up, etc. I worry constantly that she isn't eating enough. I've tried talking to pedi about this - he increased her reflux meds, but she still won't eat during the day. He said she's not losing weight, so not to worry, but  I still do.

 She's had a total of 16 oz of formula today.   This has been going on for a couple of months now. She used to STTN, but has been waking consistently for the past couple of months to eat.

 Any suggestions on how to get her to eat more during the day? Do I try switching back to regular formula? Continue feeding her large bottles during the night? Or just accept that she's a finicky eater?

 

rkmmore

My son is 8 months and has become like that no problem getting bottles into him at night, we have just upped his solids so now he gets 3 meals and 2 snacks and I offer water during the day.

LynsiBHM

I find that P gets distracted easily lately with his bottles. At night, or if it's just us during the day he's ok. If we have company or he has a toy in his line of sight or he hears the TV or something, he tries to get up and go play. I think now that he's crawling and more active he just doesn't want to sit and eat. He has no problem at all if he's tired or bored, though.  Like today, he has his breakfast (6oz plus solids) and then didn't eat more than 2-3 oz of a bottle until dinner time. I hate it. I tried decreasing his solids, thinking he had too much but it didn't help. I'm working on his sippy cup transition so he can feed himself as he plays if that's what it will take. Until then, he gets at least half of his calories between 7pm-7am

 

jamlsull

Around the 5 month mark my DD started getting distracted & didn't want her whole bottles during the day.  She loves food too so I think that also has something to do with it.  Right now she has 1 morning, 1 night & 1 day bottle and 3 meals of solids.  Maybe your LO is more interested in playing or in eating solids now. 

Holly520

Could you try giving her a sippy cup?

ginsing

Thanks for your replies. We do the sippy cup with solids - she gets a little bit of water sometimes mixed with a tiny bit of juice. I guess I could try the formula in the sippy cup?? I feel like she hates the bottle...but I don't know if it's the actual formula or she's just too distracted to take it except at night? She basically consumes more than 1/2 of  her total daily formula intake between 8 pm and 3 am.