Not hungry in the morning

susieandmarty · May 2014

Anyone else's LOs like this?

She sleeps about 6ish hours and wakes up about 4 am. She will take 2ish oz then before falling back down (I offer more) When she gets up again about 7 she may take an oz or two she has zero interest. I feel like I spend all morning trying to get her to take a bottle. Eventually like 9ish she will eat a few oz. Sometimes it's not until after a morning nap.

Her four month is not till June. I weighed her yesterday and she is about 15 - 16 lbs now, so up from 11 at two months. I trust her to eat when hungry but I just not sure why she holds out so long.

Unlike dd1 she is a snacker and will take a bottle over 1.5 hours (5-6 oz)
Anyone else have this.

amt0312 · May 2014

Dang you got a big baby! I wouldn't worry about her snacking habits if she's gaining weight with no problem. My LO snacks all day, spits up enormous amounts, and only weighed 13lbs 3oz at her 4 month yesterday. It's a struggle, but I don't foresee it ending anytime soon.

My doctor suggested trying to set a minimum of 4 hours in between feeding times for her, but she could go 5 hours and still only drink 3 ounces. She's just not a big eater and it doesn't work, so back to snacking it is. At least that way I can get more food into her without having to feed her overnight. We cut out nighttime feedings when she started STTN around 10wks old.

The once or twice I have fed her in the MOTN, she takes less in the morning feed, so maybe try cutting out that night time feeding?

susieandmarty · May 2014

Yeah. Maybe instead if feeding at 4 am, I'll try just soothing instead

She was unexpectedly 8lb and 15 oz at birth. So for her to go from 9 -11 lbs at two months was actually not a lot and I guess she seems to be gaining about 2 lbs a month

chicki1012 · May 2014

I agree with pp. I would also maybe just change diaper and soothe at 4am instead of feeding. That's what I did with DS starting around 10 weeks. He was gaining weight well and when he woke I just changed him and rocked a bit and he fell back to sleep. I don't think I fed DS in the MOTN since then unless a growth spurts happens. Which he can't be soothed then I would feed and it seemed to be around the time of a growth spurt. Hope u can find a solution

bensmommy518 · May 2014

I EBF but my DD is the same way. She usually eats around 4/4:30 and then has no interest in eating again when we get up. She doesn't eat again until around 9 when she is at daycare. She is healthy and gaining weight just fine so to me its NBD. If you are concerned ask your pedi what they think.

Edited to add: Even though my DD also usually feed around 2am, she is definitely wanting to eat again at 4am. I have tried just soothing her and it is no dice. She wants to eat when she wants to eat. We are not even close to being ready for sleep training yet so I dont force the issue and just feed on demand. I can tell the difference between eating to eat and wanting to comfort nurse.

Ancedote: DS nursed every 2 hours around the clock until 10 months old. The pedi told me to cut out the overnight nursing sessions because there was "no way" he needed to eat that often but again, I could tell he was hungry and not just comfort nursing. He is now over 2 and still eats ALL THE TIME! He also is a very high energy kid and needs constant calories to fuel his energy. Remember that you know your baby best. If they are hungry please feed them.

susieandmarty · May 2014

Yeah. Dd woke up 2x last night. She went down around 7 pm. Got up at 130 - not the normal time - she would not be soothed so after 20 minutes I gave her a bottle and she took 5 oz. she went right diwn. She woke up at her usual time 4 am and was full of smiles and happy. Then whined for bottle, I made it she took 1 oz and is still asleep.

We will get there maybe hitting a growth spurt at 4 months so maybe why she was starving at 1

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