Nightmare bottle Feeding
hiya i have a 11weeks old baby girl and she was really good with her bottles since i put her up to five-six ounces she has been really messin around with her bottles. i have put her bk down to 5oz and sumtimes she will drink it all other times she will only drink 40z,30z sumtimes even less and then other times it will be a struggle for me to feed her more..so i take it out of her mouth then she will be crying as if she wants more..i put it bk into her mouth and then she will go mad as if im forcein her to have it like she dont want it and it gets to me really bad sumtimes cus i worry about her weight..before she only put on a pound in 4 weeks but then i had her weighed the other day and she has now put on a pound in 2 weeks but that was wen i was puttin her on 6oz but let her have wot she wants..but now im abit worryed cus i have put her down a ounce but dont no wot to do about the feeding problems..she has got abit betta but dusnt really drink it all ...its a lil rare if she dus drink it all but why is she doing this ? HELP!!!!
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Sounds like fun
Hello, well this sounds like fun!I bet you're dreading every feed! I hope these suggestions help: put in 5oz and see if she takes it-dont worry if she doesnt.Play with her,take her out ,anything to distract her before the next feed-which should at this stage be every four hours.Make another 5oz bottle and see if she takes it all-because she should be hungry enough.If she doesnt dont stress,do the same distraction thing untill the next feed.Basically you need to see if she can adapt to a routine,and that way you can get her to regularly take the same amount and youll know when she is ready to go up to 6oz bottles.It also doesnt help if she can sense you getting upset, so try and think she's not going to go hungry,youre not doing anything wrong,youre just trying to see how much milk she needs.It might be an idea to get your health visitor to see if she needs to be fed in a different position or maybe shes got wind from the last feed and cant take more milk,or maybe she needs a different teat on her bottle.She might even be coming down with something,or starting to get sore gums ready for teething.Dont worry about her weight, it will take off eventually.I hope things get better soon,but dont worry