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Bottle feeding problems- help

BognesBognes member
in September 2015 Moms
Lucy has always been a bit ornery when eating. It was part of the reason I had to stop BF. What has gotten significantly worse over the past few weeks is bottle feeding. She takes the bottle in the normal cradle hold for about 2 minutes and then some switch goes off and she becomes nuts. She starts batting the bottle away, arching back so that she's upside down, crying. Sometimes she'll drink in the upside down position. Other times if I give her the pacifier for a few minutes and then re try she'll take some more. Lately I've had to put her on her back on the couch, floor or in the newborn lounger to get more in her.
This doesn't happen every bottle but out of six bottles a day it's now happening about 4 times. Sometimes she'll be just fine and finish 5 ounces in ten minutes.
Anyone experience this?
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Re: Bottle feeding problems- help

  • lmbrandtlmbrandt member
    YES. Going through the exact same thing at 16.5 weeks.  Just started last week or so, he does everything you described.  What used to take about 25 minutes to feed him can now take up to an hour because I have to keep taking so many breaks and attempts to get him to eat more!

    He will drink about 2-3 ounces and then it all starts.  The only way he will finish now is if he's super hungry, it's like he eats enough to take the edge off and then starts all the squirmy-ness.  
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  • caityrosecaityrose member
    Well we're going through something similar with breastfeeding. Totally distracted and gets pissed after the letdown. Is the bottle nipple too slow? Are there a lot of distractions?
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  • BognesBognes member
    We increased to nipple size 2 and it's always just me alone feeding her. Tv off. I've been reading a bit about feeding aversion and silent reflux but I'm just frustrated for both of us. One thing I did read is not to force the feed. So we're taking breaks. We're taking one now actually...
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  • Bellarose212Bellarose212 member
    Same thing here! I'll take a break to burp him and he screams bloody murder. No burp comes out and then I'll resume feeding him and he happily takes the bottle. Then he starts doing the same thing. My guess is he has a burp he can't get out? But I have no idea. It's so frustrating!
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  • ElleMF728ElleMF728 member
    If he is kicking DS needs to burp but lately he is just so distracted while eating.  He keeps trying to hold his own bottle but he doesn't have the control so he just ends up pushing it away.  It takes forever for him to eat and sometimes I'll just take a break and then try again in 10 minutes or so. 
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  • chelseajeanenechelseajeanene member
    My son was exactly this and we found out he had reflux and formula intolerance
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  • Yiggle09Yiggle09 member
    Bottle feeding just got difficult during week 16 as well. We're in 18 now and just started a formula bottle at night cause I'm not making enough as ep anymore. I'm not sure if it's from the distractions or the nipple which we just moved up a size too or now the new formula. I'm so frustrated. He does everything described above as well as bites nipple squeezing my precious milk out his mouth. He's so fussy at bottle that he's getting tons of air in and then blurps it all out of his mouth then starts crying again! He just went to bed practically unfed because he was screaming every time I came at him with bottle. I'm in the have to take a step away breathe position
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