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Help! Skinny baby now refusing food!

tez2101tez2101
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Hey ladies...need your help/thoughts/advice. DS is 7 months today and has always been a little guy, but generally was following his own weight curve. Between 4 and 6 months though, he dropped from the 25th percentile to the 9th percentile, which made me and the doc a bit nervous. We upped the calories for each bottle and always offer him that before food, but recently it has become such a battle to get him to drink. On average this week, he was only taking 12-15 ounces. Obviously not enough. He takes solids twice a day, about 3 cubes each, but even fusses a bit through that. 

Any thoughts on what I can do? Change bottles, change formula??? 

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Re: Help! Skinny baby now refusing food!

  • sgrlsgrl member
    I feel your pain (I posted above). Even for my little girl, though, 12-15 ounces is not much. We're going to try out Zantac and thickening her bottle with cereal - thinking she might have reflux. Is he getting sick, possibly? I know she eats even less when she's catching a cold.
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    imagesgrl:
    I feel your pain (I posted above). Even for my little girl, though, 12-15 ounces is not much. We're going to try out Zantac and thickening her bottle with cereal - thinking she might have reflux. Is he getting sick, possibly? I know she eats even less when she's catching a cold.

    Does your LO have reflux? Is that the reason for the Zantac? I don't know if Cole does or not. He never used to spit up very much, but now it is a regular thing. I don't know about being sick. This has been going on for a while though, so I wouldn't think so??? 

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  • surprisebaby4us2009surprisebaby4us2009 member
    zantac was a lifesaver for us.  we were hospitalized for weight issues early on and then again at 8 months
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  • sgrlsgrl member
    We're thinking she might. She has some of the signs, though not all. She never spits up a LOT, but she spits up frequently.
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