Help!! Im a little worried..

Kylah wont eat! Shes only taken between 180 - 200 ml since 7.30am.. What do i do? Surely this cant be good? Shes been really grizzly all day, hasnt slept either..

Ohhh, and that is how much Daniel had in 12 hrs, its extremely worrying. I was going quite nuts with worry over the amount he was drinking. If you want to get more fluid into her "dream feed" her during the day and evening. Once shes been asleep for a lil while. Go in pick her up (in the dark) and don't say a thing and quickly give her a quick feed - I had to do this for about a week. It was the only way I could get fluids into Daniel. We also gave him electrolytes to help him out a bit

Hi, it's not too unusual for a baby that age to suddenly go off feed, especially after a growth spurt. Are you giving her any breastmilk at all? If you are, then that has probably settled a bit too. But.... I'm concerned when you say she's unsettled etc as well. Check her temp and if it's under 38.5 then take her to the docs in the morning. If it's high, go now. Peace of mind is worth it!

Has she had her jabs recently? Gina reacted quite badly after her first lot and it lasted for about 5 days after the actual jabs. She refused to eat, sleep and was terribly out of sorts and crying
Can't think of anything else - maybe have a chat to Plunket?

Hey all..

Thanks for all your replies.. i was really worried so i took her to the 24hr medical centre.. we had to wait over an hour before we were seen.. dont babies under certain age get seen quicker??

But they didnt seem to worried, her temp was normal, her soft spot was fine, she still had wet nappies, was alert, and the doc seemed fine, she watched us try to feed her and she only took 6mls, i just got about 40ml into her but the only way she took that was with the light off and me walking around??

She is on formula now. She dran 100mls at 6.30am.
She slept from 11pm till 6.30am.. i guess thats no different from her sleeping 8pm till 3.30am. Except that her tummy woul have been empty.. i swear i heard it growling while i was feeding her.
It was really scary becuse i rang the healhline and they said to take her to 24hr or hospital and that freaked me out. They said she could be dehydrated.

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They sure are.. she drnk another 130ml at 10am too.. so i think shes ok now

I have a feeling there is still something wrong.. but the doctor thinks there isnt. Shes so hot, and grizzly and has been like this since the not drinking episode. All she does is cries. I gave her some pamol last night because her cry was like a pain cry and she was screaming. And she went down and slept for 5 hours after it..

Take her to your gp tomorrow, you will probably get a better response than from the 24 hour clinic.
I'm not sure how it works in town but normally a doctor from my surgery is on call over the weekend, I took Spencer a few weeks ago cos he had a rash that I was freaking out about, it cost $10 but we got to see our own gp and it put my mind at ease, so that could be an option if you wanted to get her seen today. Were not covered by at 24 hour clinic though so that might be why they are on call.
You could probably always take her back to the 24 hour clinic as you would probably see a different doctor.
Does she just seem hot or has she got a temp?

Maybe wait till tomorrow and if you're still worried see your own gp.