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Faster flow teat?
Just wanting some input, before I go out and buy something that might not be the issue.
James is 6,5 months old, we only started weaning a couple of weeks ago when he reached 6 months, so he's still on 5 bottles a day (has a DF still - which I will drop when he stops drinking it!).
Recently he has been varying even more than usual how much he drinks of his 7oz bottles. Morning and evening is about 5-6, day ones can be 2-5. Which may or may not have anything to do with weaning, considering he's not that excited about food!
Anyway, when he drinks properly, with no fidgeting, trying to turn to see the dogs etc.! he drinks within 20 minutes, which is fine. But he gets a milk beard a lot of the time.
Could this be he's struggling with the flow? We occasionally get the sucking so hard teat inverts, but not often.
I just wondered if any other lo's look like Santa after a feed sometimes??
Thank you. xx
James is 6,5 months old, we only started weaning a couple of weeks ago when he reached 6 months, so he's still on 5 bottles a day (has a DF still - which I will drop when he stops drinking it!).
Recently he has been varying even more than usual how much he drinks of his 7oz bottles. Morning and evening is about 5-6, day ones can be 2-5. Which may or may not have anything to do with weaning, considering he's not that excited about food!
Anyway, when he drinks properly, with no fidgeting, trying to turn to see the dogs etc.! he drinks within 20 minutes, which is fine. But he gets a milk beard a lot of the time.
Could this be he's struggling with the flow? We occasionally get the sucking so hard teat inverts, but not often.
I just wondered if any other lo's look like Santa after a feed sometimes??
Thank you. xx
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So today I changed back to medela bottles with a medium teat and after the two feeds he's had, there hasn't even been a drop on his chin, let alone the bib. He has had more wind though and it did take much longer to feed, teat was being sucked flat constantly, so not ideal but not really sure what to do next. Someone did say that they become more efficient suckers at around this age, so it might be worth going backwards rather than forwards.
Not sure if this has helped at all but I wish you luck xx
I might get some size 3's. It's just not all the time that he gets the beard, and his clothes are always dry.
Maybe a variflow is the answer, if they do them for TT. xx
It's all just trial and error isn't it - they love to keep you guessing! xx