Feeding problems
My 11 week old is bottle fed. He’s had a tricky time of it being intolerant to milk and having had a tongue tie. The milk has been changed and the tongue tie released and for a couple of weeks all was well. The last week, he’s really fussing at feeds. He’s clearly hungry and wants the bottle but after a few sips pulls back like he’s choking. I’ve changed the teatime to faster flow and that just made it worse. He will take the odd bottle really well so I’m confident the teat is not the problem. I can’t understand why this has started and it’s so frustrating dreading every feed time. Can take me 45 mins to get 5oz down him. He’s quite a windy boy, we use Mam bottles and I give him gripe water. He winds quite well too.
I’ve literally been thinking of all the reasons he’s started doing this and can’t get anywhere. Any advice welcomed!
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Have you seen an osteopath for tension? Was the tongue tie revision a full release? Was this carried out by a qualified tongue tie practitioner and were you given exercises to do to retrain the tongue tie how to move properly and prevent reattachment?
Maybe try an even more resistant nipple? His suck could have gotten dramatically stronger. My baby couldn’t use the mam bottles (newborn nipple) because her suck was too strong and she would drown herself/choke on the milk.
The Philips avent natural bottles (flow 2) worked really well, though.
Yes went to an osteopath for 2 sessions, I didn’t notice any difference over that 2 weeks so didn’t go for a third. Plus during that time he didn’t do this fussing with feeds. Yes we went privately for the tongue tie release with a qualified practioner and we’ve been doing the exercises to help him. I’ve just seen the practioner a message as well as perhaps she can see him again and check were healing correctly
he’s on the number 2 teats for Mam, I tried going up to a 3 but he started spluttering and choking. I might buy an avent and try it out
Have u tried going down a teat size?
the mam bottles release milk really easily. If you turn it upside down and slightly squeeze the tip, then it squirts! You’ll see a difference with the Phillips avent natural bottles. It takes work to get the milk out! But that helps prevent gas and choking so ☺️
It might be because the teat is too fast if he’s choking. I will say my little boy has suddenly reduced his intake it’s taking about 2hrs (keep needing to go back and offer him more before the bottle runs out) to get a full bottle in him. I’m just saying really because they change all of a sudden and leaving us questioning if it’s us!
It’s trial and error I think, but you could try changing the temperature of the milk/teat size and even the bottles. We are also using maam and we half fill the teat and pace feed as well. My little boy has silent reflux he’s quite uncomfortable at times during feeding, often clearly hungry but pulling away. Obviously not saying this is what’s happening with you but something to have a little look into maybe
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