Anyone else's baby a very light eater??

I think Jacob is teething again (not that he ever did eat alot) but lately he has hardly been eating during the day. When he wakes in the morn and i give him a 7 oz bottle, he drinks maybe 3 oz.. then starts turning his head from side to side and trying to roll away from me. He hasnt been eating cereal, wont eat lunch, so i try to give more formula and again drinks like 3 oz.. and thruout the day if i try to give more food he does the head turning again. Then for dinner, he will maybe eat a stage 1 jar of THAT FRIGGIN LAMB... but will have no part of any veggies or fruits. And when i try table food, he will start to eat it, then he does this gagging thing, then dry heaves, and the other night he actually vomited the food out. Even mashed potatoes.

He has no fever, no stuffiness, just some mild crankiness during the day so I'm assuming he's teething. Before bed he will drink a whole 8 oz bottle, and I am assuming he has been night waking due to hunger.

I dont know... I know babies go thru stages where they just dont feel like eating. Anyone else's baby do this?

Message edited 9/14/2006 9:40:58 PM.

Re: Anyone else's baby a very light eater??

Alex does this all the time, particularly when she is teething... just recently she went for an entire week barely eating anything, barely taking in fluids, and as I discovered, she has three molars breaking through all at once, so it's no wonder.. I guess it isn't bothering her as much lately because the last few days she's an eating MACHINE!

Re: Anyone else's baby a very light eater??

We have gone through this several times with Miranda and I worried the first few times because she's small to begin with but now I just go with it because you can't really force them to eat. Is he growing OK? Miranda is although she's petit. I know how frustrating it can be.