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    Posted: 28 November 2009 at 9:10pm
My DD is really not interested in her bottle at all at the moment, its been bad for a few weeks, but today she would have only had 500ml or so of milk! She is 7.8kg approx, but we haven't been to plunket for a weigh in for awhile.

Is this a developmental issue at this age? She seems more interested in looking around at stuff than eating. And I think her teeth are moving - can this make them less into having a bottle?

She is 4 1/2 months (not sure if my ticker is working)
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I think they become more interested in their surroundings around now but she's certainly no lightweight (in the nicest possible sense) - DS was 7.09kgs at his 5mth check.

I (myself) probably wouldn't worry too much about it. The only reason I'd be concerned is because he'd probably wake in the night to get the food he didn't eat during the day.

I guess a way to combat it is to feed her in a quiet place with the least distraction. Also, could her feeds be too close together? She might not be hungry enough for a full feed if she's having little snacks here and there.

Sorry I couldn't help more - I am but a first timer.
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It sounds like pretty normal behavioural development to me too, my DD2 is 4mo and is definitely becoming more interested in her surroundings especially when feeding - if her Daddy is standing behind me and she sees him while she's drinking, she'll happily break into a huge grin and leave me flapping in the wind

If she is having a reasonable amount of wet and dirty nappies, sleeps relatively well (quality vs quantity), and seems otherwise happy and healthy then she'll be fine (and so will you).

My first DD was bottle fed, and the most valuable thing that someone told me was that if I had have been breastfeeding her I wouldn't know how much she was getting in millilitres and would have to use other signs to assess how well she was at any given time. This has still certainly held true for my DD2 who is exclusively breastfed.
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She sleeps very well, bed at 6.30 at night dream feed at 10-11pm and then sleeps till 8.30am.
she has 3 day sleeps, feeds are about 3.5-4hrs apart so surely not too close together. But just doesn't want much. the most she has is the dream feed (cause she is half asleep and not looking around! will have 200ml then, but only 100ml at some of the other feeds.
It really worries me, my DH reckons shes fine, she is active and alert, but it seems so little when she used to have like 1000ml or even 1200 in a day
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Sounds like a mirror of our DD. It really depends on whats going on around us (or what sort of mood she is in) as to how much she has pr feed. Her night time one is her biggest......the daytime ones she is awful chatty and a nosey parker looking around the place.
I was worrying but thought she would let me know if she was hungry
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