won't drink all of his bottle...

ok here goes.....
as you can see from my ticker below..Jacks age :)
he has been having 180mls from 2 weeks ago... but the last couple of days he drinks a certain amount then chomps down on the nipple with his gums OR plays with the nipple of the bottle with his tongue and won't drink any more...
I am at my wits end!!! last night (10pm feed) he drank 90mls and that was it..didn't want anymore then this morning at his 6.30am feed he drank 120mls.. then that was it...
I am afraid he isn't getting enough... maybe the flow is too slow for him?? because previously he would guzzle his bottle but now...he is ALWAYS leaving some....
what to do....
he is sleeping/poohing/weeing fine and is a happy boy, not sick...

Maybe its just a stage Kat? I know Miss M goes through stages where she skulls heaps and then somedays she's just not that interested!!!!!

I'd say give it a couple of days and if you are worried - pop down to the GP and get him checked out. He's not coming down with a cold or anything? Sometimes that can put them off their food.. I know you said he isn't sick - but maybe he's coming down with it?

If he is still gaining weight and plenty of wet and pooped up nappies - I wouldn't be too worried.. he's just taking what he needs.

thanks Mel....the tongu thing and chomping down on the nipple is a new thing....just now he has drunk 140mls...which i am happy with :) yep plenty of wet/poey nappies (well once a day poo)
i am going to get the next flow size teat and see what happens...

I tried the next flow up but it was way too fast for her.. lol... it just went everywhere!!

She's still on the newborn teats at 4.5 months.. heehee!

LOL Mel....Jack usually takes 10/12 mins to drink his bottle..it is taking FOREVER now....

Hmm.. Miss M was taking an hour..... to drink 50ml... now she does around 150ml in about 20/30 minutes.

he is just a pig when he does drink :D he is now sitting infron tof the tv hiccuping and watching nicjnr

I would say he just doesn't need as much for now, but it will only be another 2weeks or so and he'll be heading into his next growth spurt stage and he'll probably want more then. In my experience, its best not to worry about it, they will catch it up later at some point. If he were at the breast he would probably be doing the same thing, but you have no idea of how much/little he's taken kwim? So long as he's happy and content, sleeps reasonably well (as well as a baby can LOL) and does all the usual nappy things, then he would be fine with what he's getting. I know my 4 always went through stages where they just weren't interested and then they would have a week or so where you couldn't keep it up to them. Even now, Alister is just coming into another week where he devours everything in sight, but last week not so much and he wasn't finishing bottles etc.

my DD done this and still does sorry to say lol. she is gettin alot better but we were fighting to get 100 mls each bottle for awhile there.
now we r up to a 240 bottle but she usually leaves 60 to 80 mls each time. i was really worried at the start but the doc and nurses told me that she will drink wat she needs. she is growing perfectly she is on the 95th percentile for everything and weeing adn pooign like crazy so i guess it is just somethign u have to put up with.

My man is going through the same thing at the moment too. He has dropped from taking 180-200ml each feed to only having between 120-150ml each feed now but I am kind of happy cause he needs to slow down in his gains. He's 4 months old tomorrow and already weighs 9.15kg :rofl:

Am hoping that this will make a difference to his gains this week, guess we will find out on friday! My conclusion is he is tapering himself off and just doesnt need as much now..... its about time I say LOL

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I would say he just doesn't need as much for now, but it will only be another 2weeks or so and he'll be heading into his next growth spurt stage and he'll probably want more then. In my experience, its best not to worry about it, they will catch it up later at some point. If he were at the breast he would probably be doing the same thing, but you have no idea of how much/little he's taken kwim? So long as he's happy and content, sleeps reasonably well (as well as a baby can LOL) and does all the usual nappy things, then he would be fine with what he's getting. I know my 4 always went through stages where they just weren't interested and then they would have a week or so where you couldn't keep it up to them. Even now, Alister is just coming into another week where he devours everything in sight, but last week not so much and he wasn't finishing bottles etc.

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This is exactly what I was going to say, so no point typing it again. :lol:

If he's happy, healthy, weeing, pooing.....it's all okay. He just doens't want it. And as for the chewing and playing with the nipple, he's just discovering different things that his tongue and teeth can do. Just be thankful that you're not bf when he does the chomp. Ha!

In a few weeks when he hits his next growth spurt you'll be complaining that his appetite is insatiable. I guarantee it.

Sounds happy and normal to me.

thanks everyone for your replys :D i was abit worried but hubby was the one really worrying..

Well you can tell him that everything is fine LOL! Its part of the way they learn too, they can't just keep eating can they? just like we can't - sometimes we need to eat a big meal and sometimes we just need a small one. Some babies will never drink a huge amount in one feed, but do perfectly fine - we are all different at metabolising our food and taking what we need nutritionally from it.

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now we r up to a 240 bottle but she usually leaves 60 to 80 mls each time. .

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:o Gosh my DS1 would only ever take a max of 200 and he wasn't on a bottle until 7 months - wouldn't worry about that at all!!

My DD is little, that is just her, and she only have had on avg 140mls - she wasn't on a bottle until 5 months either.

So Kat - sounds like he is doing just fine!!! Just my :twocents:

jack only ever took 120mls and that was right thru till over a year old :)

Like Trillian said, sometimes we all need big meals, and other times small.
Wait until he gets onto solids!!! Ha!

I used to stress when DD1 wouldn't eat, and then I got it through my head that there are times in my life that I'm not hungry, and I'd certainly get stroppy if DH forced it down my throat. So I learned to accept that this is a little person who knows when they are hungry and when they aren't, and they will let me know when they are hungry. (Believe me, she'd let me know.) I am so much more relaxed with DD2 about it.

He'll be fine, and you'll be fine. Tell DH to stop worrying and that everything sounds pretty normal.

As of yesterdY My little girl (only 4 weeks old) is struggling to finish a bottle (during her night feed she left about 60/70mls. Am a bit worried this mornings feed she only left 30 mls. She seems ok and is weeing and pooing. Guess will keep an eye on her and monitor her

ness.... read ALL the above posts and trust me they don't need to drink ALLof their bottles EVERY time...i had Jack drinking 60mls out of 180mls...got me damn worried...BUT he was taking what HE wanted....you can't force them to take every last drop....

I can only speak for babies from 7 months on....buuuut, DS#1 never drank a whole bottle until he started on cows milk at 12 months and Noah will only drink between 60mls - 180mls...so now I just make up a 180ml for his first bottle and last bottle and the 2 in between I make up to 120mls.....so sick of wasting formula!

I have always worked on the if bubs is happy, alert, weeing and pooing and sleeping when they should....all is well and it is just a stage. (I think kids have too many stages and they should review them before they decide to be born so we can get them over and done with at the age of 18 yrs old! lol :rofl:)

My CHN has also always said to me that weighing them is a good indication...never did it with Bailey but with Noah I have had him weighed when I start to wonder if he is okay and each time he has put on some weight.

If in doubt, see your CHN! or ask us here at BB!!!!:lol:

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Yes some great advice. I guess i shouldn't take things so literal. They are little individuals after all

ness....The amount of mls made up is only a guideline...hugs hun!!! Jack is 3 1/2 months old this sunday... and i am still a worry wart..and this is bub number 3!!!!!

thanks!! it's hard to know what's right/wrong - it's a good thing i came across this website!! I mean