Feeding from bottle (my breast milk)

Get a breast feeding specialist and if it still does not improve see if they can give you domperidone. You can also try making lactation cookies.

Change the bottle nipple or bottle brand because I tried Phillip avent and other bottles. I was doing ebf and my child didn’t like those bottles the Phillip avent is so slow barely any milk comes out even when you squeeze the test.

Evenflo, pigeon, Dr browns is better for breastfed babies. But for Dr browns try putting the milk halfway and do paced feeding because the flow is faster

Is she jaundice? Because a lot of newborns are jaundiced and they do not feed properly it makes them sleepy and not suck strong enough. My child was jaundiced and I had to give her milk with the syringe. I expressed milk in a cup and gave it to her with a syringe or spoon. You can do cup feeding too.

Because you are making enough milk but she’s not gaining enough so maybe your child is too sleepy and not latching properly

Philips Avent are a reeeeeaally slow teat and it can be quite hard work for newborns sometimes. I would try a different bottle such as lansinoh or any with a triangle shaped teat.

There's no need to warm the house up though, 21 is plenty!

I went ahead and bought 3 different sizes of the philip brand. It will come tomorrow! Hopwfully this works out. I havw been averaging 120 ml per pumping session now. But its just shocking that my baby only eats 70 ml MAX.

We have loved the Philips Avent bottles! I would increase the nipple size to a 2 or 3 and see if that helps?

Just be careful about changing the nipple speed if you’re wanting to breastfeed, stay the first level always. Increasing the speed of flow with make your baby prefer bottle over breast. Also, it is recommended to pace feed (baby actively works to eat, it doesn’t just flow out). People who are recommending faster flows are ill informed. Look into speech therapists and occupation therapists, either a feeding specialty (on social media to get some help). You may have to advocate for a referral from your doctor, be pushy.

What I did with my Nicu baby at the beginning to help him gain weight (he was 5lbs exact) was feed him from the breast for 20 minutes, then pump and give him pumped milk 1oz or so. To ensure he got enough. He gained weight great; born 3rd percentile and went up to 10-25% percentile. I stopped doing triple feeding as soon as he was back to birth weight, it was way too much but it did help.