Bottle feeding

My little girl is one week old today, she’s exclusively bottle fed but is falling asleep mid feed. Shes on 2oz roughly every 2 hours and absolutely guzzles the 1st ounce then falls asleep. Any tips?

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It could be the bottle/teat type being used. If she’s falling asleep she could be working too hard to get the amount she wants. I found my boy didn’t get on with tommee tippee newborn but loved the mam ones

My boy was like this too! He even lost weight because of it. My pediatrician advised me to stimulate him to keep him awake during feeds (tickle feet, take off sleeper/clothes, talk to him, hold and jiggle his hands, burp half way through or sit baby up half way through). It ended up working for us. I also found that my baby didn’t like the dr. Browns bottle because of the nipple size/shape and switched to the MAM bottles which he loves

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