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jennme
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help please :)
jennme
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My DS is 5wks 4 days and because of BF issues we are exclusively FF and have been since he was in the hospital. The hospital gave us Gerber Goodstart Gentle but DS seemed to be having tummy troubles (really bad gas). We thought it was the formula so we switched to enfamil newborn but the gas was worse but he seemed to do better with the nipples that came with the pre made enfamil bottles. So we switched back to Gerber Goodstart Gentle but kept the other nipples. As weeks have gone by we realized that he was gulping down the milk and that the milk was coming out really fast from that nipple and thought that might be part of the cause of his gas troubles (still crying while feeding, bad gas , trying to have a bowel movement but not happening a lot) but he is still having at least 1 bowel movement a day, gaining weight as should be and having 6-8 wet diapers a day. We took him to his pedi to make sure that he didn't have reflux and to see what we could do to relieve him. We explained to pedi how we make sure we burp him after every 1/2 ounce, make sure his head is above his stomach while feeding and for at least 30 mins after eating and that he is spitting up what seems to be a lot during feeding now. They said that they thought it was just gas and no more and just to keep doing what we are doing, etc. but he is miserable when he eats (not normal to me 
) Also , now as he is eating , the milk is leaking out of his mouth. We have tried Avent Newborn and 1 month wide nipple , Dr. Brown standard nipple , Gerber $3.00 bottles (standard nipple) , Nuk bottles, Medela and tommee tippee bottles, and playtex vent wire slow flow with wide nipple.The nipples are all either too slow too fast or too wide ..anyone with the same issues? any suggestions? Just want LO to be comfortable when he is eating. Also, since day one he will only sleep in our arms and he cries and cries when we try and do tummy time.
) Also , now as he is eating , the milk is leaking out of his mouth. We have tried Avent Newborn and 1 month wide nipple , Dr. Brown standard nipple , Gerber $3.00 bottles (standard nipple) , Nuk bottles, Medela and tommee tippee bottles, and playtex vent wire slow flow with wide nipple.The nipples are all either too slow too fast or too wide ..anyone with the same issues? any suggestions? Just want LO to be comfortable when he is eating. Also, since day one he will only sleep in our arms and he cries and cries when we try and do tummy time. FYI: He was born 7 lbs 6 oz and came naturally on his own on his due date. He is 11lbs 1 oz as of last week and is eating 2-5 oz every 2-4 hours with no other known issues aka perfectly healthy.
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Re: help please :)