Eating/drinking less all of a sudden?

For the last week or so, DS has been eating less (drinking technically since he's not on solids yet). He will be 5 months later this week (but was 2 months premature, so I never know what to go by, lol).

He was drinking 4-6 ounces per feeding and now he's down to like 2.5-4 ounces per feeding again. I'm not exactly sure if he's getting less overall each day because he gets bottles and then BF too, but bottle wise I think he's taking at least 5 ounces less per day and he BF about the same as before.

Is this normal? He can also go 5 hours between a feeding and will.not.eat if we try before that sometimes.

Then yesterday he napped a LOT throughout the day. Like a ridiculous amount, more than he's ever napped in one day.

He's acting normal and sleeping a little bit more overnight, so I'm not sure if this is just normal or the eating and napping things are something to be concerned about.

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DS has been going through the same thing for a couple of months. First it was his teeth and now it is a combo of teething and a growth spurt....He is 9 months old.

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Probably teething related. DD did this too a few weeks back. I gave it a couple of days and she was right back on track. As long as hes acting normally, no fever, etc..I wouldnt worry

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jack does this and it drives me NUTS!

on average, he takes 26-28 ounces per day. last week, we had 2 days that he only took 14 ounces

the following 2 days, we couldnt make bottles fast enough for him!