I’ve noticed my little girl has been making a clicking like noise when she is drinking she is exclusively bottle-fed as she is on special formula. Im just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar as I’m noticing she gets very fussy and gassy and am worried that she is intaking too much air and starting to get colic. Any advice would be great as googling has just caused me to stress out which I’m aware is silly.
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For my boy the clicking actually meant a tongue tie, i’d look into that!

he was also super fussy and i found out it was cause he was troubled with his latch

Thank you. I’ve got her HV this coming week so will talk with them.

It’s a sign of a poor latch, It could mean a tongue tie but as formula fed ( and assuming) gaining weight the NHS won’t do anything. I noticed my LG has a lip tie so i’m getting a private appointment to also check if she has a posterior tongue tie. It’s worth trying to see if they have a high palette too as this won’t help latch and can also indicate tongue tie. There’s a FB group for tongue tie UK which is good
I’ve done other things to help reduce the gassy as we suffer from reflux, using fridge method has helped a lot for us

Just to add a different perspective, my LG also clicks (usually the sound of the suction breaking) and we had her checked for tongue tie and she doesn’t have one. The paediatrician said they just do it sometimes.

This was a sign of tongue tie for my boy. It was a posterior tongue tie though so didn’t have the obvious webbing under the tongue. HV didn’t even look at it, I had to self refer to the tongue tie clinic at the hospital.

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Thank you all. It’s just been a stupid thing where I feel like I’m doing something wrong

My little girl was doing this checked for tongue tie and had procedure but still does it

My baby does it as well when I mentioned tounge tie to the HV she just had quick look said it didn't look like tounge tie and that even if it was they wouldn't do anything because she's gaining weight so apparently not a concern for them...

my boy continues to sometimes even after the procedure as well
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