Mam bottle size 0 teet too fast for newborn

I've been using mam bottles with the slowest teets size 0 for my LO. However it seems like the flow is too fast for him. When he drinks he coughs on his milk and starts gruanting, straining and kicking for the milk to go down. Sometimes when am trying to burp him it doesn't work he will try strain and kick but he doesn't burp and will make a weird noise in his throat or chest as if the milk is stuck.

However when he drinks cow and gate ready to feed (ones that comes with the teets) he drinks them fine and doesn't cough up.

Would like to know if it's worth changing the bottles or shall I keep him on mam until he gets use to the flow? If I should change the bottles which ones will you recommend

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We’re the same! Using the slowest teat (size 0 Mam bottles) but he still seems to be gulping so fast and then straining/coughing/gasping/spitting the milk. Not sure what to do if already using the slowest teat 🙈😫

Have you tried pace feeding?

My daughter was like this for the first week on tommee tippee, I just continued to use them but pace feed so try not to fill the teat with milk, sit her up as much as possible while feeding and take a break every half an oz/burp her. This seemed to help and now she’s drinking them fine at 3 weeks and doesn’t need to pace feed

@Natalie yep it's scary when they cough drinking milk. I don't really want to change the bottles because I used mam for my first born and its so much easier to sterlise but if I have too I will.

@Carly yep, I tried pace feeding and keeping him upright whilst feeding him. It helps sometimes other times he will still cough when drinking and struggle burp.

@Josie Thats good to hear she got use to the bottle, i keep him upright and pace feed him sometimes it works and he doesn't cough on his milk etc. I try burping him in between his feed too. Today I tried feeding him normally jim laying back and the teet full when I went to sit him upright to burp him he done it straight away. Just need to figure out what's best for him. Hope he gets use to.the bottle.

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