Barely eating

tortuga47

Anyone else's LO go through stages of not eating? My DS is 0% percentile in weight - he was 5% at birth and 0% ever since and my pedi keeps lecturing us, having us do weigh ins,etc. My husband and I are both considered "underweight" and have been our whole lives. We eat healthy, etc and I just think DS is the same way (up until now he was eating great 5oz bottles at time every 2-3 hrs or nursing about the same) but these days where he barely eats I get paranoid He will only take about 2 oz from a bottle at a time - obviously, I don't know what he's taking breast feeding, but judging on how long and how empty I feel, I'd guess only 2-3 oz. He practically refuses all his solids now. I'm wondering if another round of teething? Anyone else's LO do this? How long did it last? I'm scared he'll stop progressing and go "down" on their weight scale before the next weigh in, but I can't force him.

minervacullen

I think they start to put off eating when they get more interested in everything else. Some kids are just little too. I'd also post this on the breastfeeding board, I know lots have had similar issues.

lanea8712

My DS is also 0%, and drs want me to make him gain weight. You can only offer not shove down throat though ya know!?  He's eating 4.5 oz formula, every 3 hrs  and went through a stage of wanting 2oz and not eating great. It passed though. I feed him what I'm eating and baby jar foods. He's always seemed to only tolerate his bottles. He likes food, but is starting to want my food more than his baby food. Can't blame him. He's little but he's still gaining weight so they aren't making me do weigh ins, he's just a lil baby and he's on a steady little baby growth track. 

Hope your LO is already eating better and starts to gain some weight to get the drs off your back. there's a diff, between little and sick. Some baby's are just little and perfectly healthy.