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Pulling off bottle and crying
in Baby
Hi again
After just going through a *massive* growth spurt and eating loads, Adam has suddenly decided that he is not at all interested in his milk!
He will cry for his bottle and practically dives onto it when it's offered, but after about five sucks he starts crying and pulls off, only to seem even more annoyed when the bottle is removed! He'll then dive on it again, but only take a few sucks before getting upset (again). I am struggling to get more than 3 or 4 oz into him at each feed and the feeds are lasting up to half an hour. Last week he was draining 8oz in 15 mins!
I have tried faster flow teats, but these seemed to upset him even more. It's not wind and the milk is the right temperature for him.
I thought it might be sore gums (he's nearly five months old) - but he's not showing any other signs of teething (apart from the constant dribbling and fist sucking! He doesn't have red cheeks, nappy rash, loose nappies etc).
Has anyone elses LO been through a similar stage at this age? What could it be??![:\](https://forum.madeformums.com/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
?
xx
After just going through a *massive* growth spurt and eating loads, Adam has suddenly decided that he is not at all interested in his milk!
He will cry for his bottle and practically dives onto it when it's offered, but after about five sucks he starts crying and pulls off, only to seem even more annoyed when the bottle is removed! He'll then dive on it again, but only take a few sucks before getting upset (again). I am struggling to get more than 3 or 4 oz into him at each feed and the feeds are lasting up to half an hour. Last week he was draining 8oz in 15 mins!
I have tried faster flow teats, but these seemed to upset him even more. It's not wind and the milk is the right temperature for him.
I thought it might be sore gums (he's nearly five months old) - but he's not showing any other signs of teething (apart from the constant dribbling and fist sucking! He doesn't have red cheeks, nappy rash, loose nappies etc).
Has anyone elses LO been through a similar stage at this age? What could it be??
?xx
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The doctor said he was diving for his bottle cause he was that hungry, but only taking enough to satisfy the hunger and not to fill him up and getting fustrated with this, but his gums were too soar to take his full bottle.
Not saying it is this but i was very suprised when i found out as i didnt see it coming!
HTHxx