Increasing teat size

We increased 2 weeks ago for all the same reasons you’ve listed and it’s been a game changer. She was 12 weeks x

That’s when they are ready, all I did was up teat., sit her upright and then pace fed - only half filled the teat, pulled away every now and then to let her catch her breath took a few feeds to get her used to it but since. She’s. Been fine

did you find that your LO was super windy and uncomfortable at the start? X

to begin with yes, but she was always struggling that’s why I kept pulling away every. Now and then wind abit then go again it’s just because it goes abit faster x

she didn’t really notice the difference she was okay. I’ve heard pace feeding etc at first helps x

My health visitor recommended sterilising a needle and poking it through the teat to make a "1 and a half" size.

With my first, she went through a few phases of on-off feeding, being distracted etc, but they were just phases. We stayed on size 0 until around 2 months, then size 1 until around 4.5-5 months before moving to 2. There’s quite a big difference in the flow from 1 to 2. She never even got to size 3 and stopped milk when she was 14 months.
Our son is 3.5 months and has moved up from 0 to 1, but that’s all. 😊

My baby has milk thickner for reflux so had to change to size 2 early on, but I could tell they needed changed because he was falling asleep during his feed but then waking up after a few minutes wanting more. It took him a few feeds to get used to it but it made a big difference x

I definitely agree that you should pull the teat out so she doesn’t get carried away. I had to do this with my newborn as the slowest teat was still too fast so I had to keep taking it away until she eventually got used to it x

I’ve switched to vari flow teats. She’s much happier on those than the sized ones.

My combi fed LG still has size 0 MAM teats at 4.5 months as when I tried the size 1 she spit up loads after. She's not that much bigger than a large newborn though so that may be why?