Newborn Feeding Issues

Pen0409

Norah chugs her bottle (75cc) in 10 minutes flat....like a frat boy with a beer...then spits up and spews (we have started her on Axid and are adding 1 tsp cereal to bottle)...when she is done chugging she still acts hungry and will suck on her paci...and then is miserable (spitting up, turning red, and gruniting) for an hour before she can rest.  We sit her upright for an hour after feeding her.  Pedi said her intake is fine for 5 lb self and not to overfeed her. 

 On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jameson takes 30 min to take his bottle (60 cc) and often falls asleep while eating.  And he gets the short end of the stick on the cuddling because it goes to sis.  We are switching him to a medium flow nipple to see if this helps.

Anyone else had these issues? What helped? TIA

caden

My 2 are similar to yours (1 is a fast eater that spits up, the other is a slow poke). DS2 (the chugger) spits up less often when I burp him frequently throughout his feeding. I don't let him drink more than an ounce w/o getting burped. it forces him to slow down. Sometimes he spits up even with that, but if I don't do this it's a guarantee. Maybe you could burp Norah every 15cc or so and see how that goes. Also, if you can get her a slower flowing nipple that might help. but if you're mixing it with cereal then that might not be an option. I tried getting DS1 (the slow poke) a faster nipple but he choked on it so I had to go back to the other. If I can get him really awake before he starts eating, he does better. I'll do all sorts of things to get him awake, everything from undressing him to shoving cold wipees in his diaper. But mostly I've sucked it up that he's just going to take forever to eat. : ( I hope someone else has good suggestions for us.

busybea

I'm not sure what type of formula you are on, but my boys are having the same issues as your Norah (Joshua more than Jonathan) and i've been advised to try the liquid form of Enfamil A.R., it comes with some cereal already in it to weight it down and to help keep the formula down.  It's really worked for us.  Good luck...

DEP

Get a Dr. Brown bottle(slowest flow of all the bottles) for Nora, and STOP her after every 25 cc to burp her.  She could be spitting up because she hasn't burped enough. 

You could try the avent bottle with Jameson....faster than dr. brown, but in all honesty, it should take a baby 30 minutes to drink a bottle. You may also want to try burping him when he slows down as this may an indication he needs one.  Also, try increasing the amt of time between bottles- he may just want to sleep longer and make up for it when he's ready.   A medium flow nipple may be too fast for him.

I would try changing bottles before I change formula.

Pen0409

Thanks for the input!