Little Miss Little

We recently took Lola to the doctor because we thought she had lost some weight (due to my milk supply dropping to an all time low) and because she is still not taking a bottle to compensate for the lost fluids/nutrients. At 6 1/2 months, Lola weighed 14 lbs, 4 oz and at her Dr visit one month later, she weighed 14 lbs, 6 oz. She measured 25 1/4 inches long putting her in the 5th percentile for weight and 8th percentile for height. At her 4 month check up she was measuring in the 20-30th percentile, so its quite a drop. She is however, in the 90th percentile for ideal weight for length, so our Dr wasnt overly concerned about it all. She said Lola is just small and that its not surprising based on my being small as well. Since I told her that Im already drinking 3 liters of water a day on top of eating more than Luke can at any given meal plus snacking every hour in between meals, she recommended an herb supplement to help boost my supply. For Lola, she wanted us to add jarred meats to her diet in addition to adding 1 tsp of liquid butter to each meal. I cant get over how disgusting that is and as soon as she starts gaining weight and taking a bottle I am for sure not giving her anymore! As for the bottle issue, after discussing which brands and bottles we've previously tried, she recommended that we switch to Nestle Formula as its actually sweeter than the others. She also suggested adding brown sugar to the formula if at first Lola still doesnt take to it. She said we need to substitute enough formula (about 12-15 oz) to have Lola drinking the normal 30 oz a day. Our Dr said to try a bottle at least once a day for a week and to call her with the results. We were also given a referral to visit the Cardiologist (in February) to have an Echo done, due to Lola's minor heart murmur, to rule out any current and/or future problems. So we headed home ready to fatten up and bottle train our baby girl. One week later and still no luck with the bottle! She took one once (as well as took it from her sippy once too) and has since screamed at me (and Daddy, and Grammy) every time since for even considering it as an acceptable method for feeding her. Beast! After speaking to our Dr who said to give it one more week and if still not, we are to schedule an appointment with the feeding therapist at Primary's. Ugh. So we have 2 days left to get Lola to take a bottle or were off to the therapist! Wish us luck...