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Bottle feeders
Hi Ladies,
As you can tell by the time i am up up up!! Well Seth is so Sara is! lol
Anyway, to all you ladies bottle feeding, how do you lo's actually feed, are they good suckers that keep going or do you have to 'fight' with them to get it in?
Seth drinks about 2-3oz down really fast then once i've stopped to wind him he really fights with the bottle and wont suck, just plays with the teat and it takes me forever to get more into him.
He is on Avent bottle with no.2 teats on. I wondered whether it would be worth trying a different bottle or whether this is normal or whether my lo is just awkward?!
He's been worse since he's been poorly but TBH he was never that gr8er feeder when he was well
Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Sxx
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As you can tell by the time i am up up up!! Well Seth is so Sara is! lol
Anyway, to all you ladies bottle feeding, how do you lo's actually feed, are they good suckers that keep going or do you have to 'fight' with them to get it in?
Seth drinks about 2-3oz down really fast then once i've stopped to wind him he really fights with the bottle and wont suck, just plays with the teat and it takes me forever to get more into him.
He is on Avent bottle with no.2 teats on. I wondered whether it would be worth trying a different bottle or whether this is normal or whether my lo is just awkward?!
He's been worse since he's been poorly but TBH he was never that gr8er feeder when he was well
Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Sxx
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Well Ava's really good at taking her bottle (she likes her grub!) and I've just moved her up to 7oz as she was wanting that little bit more.
I use the TT closer to nature bottles & no 2 teats.
Usually at the 10.30pm feed she'll really fight with it (I posted over in Baby about it) I know she wants it but she'll thrash her head about. I've now put this down to tiredness tbh because last night she slept well after her bath (which sometimes again she'll fight against) so when she woke at 10pm she was refreshed & ready. She took the full 7oz, calmly, and nodded off straight after - and went through until 8 this morning
So she has about 34/35oz per day.
It could be that he's tired hun, well that's what I'm thinking with Ava anyway. Or it could be a bit of trapped wind, have you tried a bit of gripe inbetween?? I did this, she's good at getting her wind up anyway but if she's got a bit trapped and wants her milk she'll go for the milk option!! So I give her a bit of gripe, bring the wind up, and off we go again
xxx
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Luen drinks 7oz's in day and he can vary on how quick he drinks this. Think when he very hungry or awake he drinks well and usually in 1 go.He takes ages to wind so usually only wind at end or halfway if it upsetting him.
Before bed i was giving him 5 as this all he'd manage am now thinking of increasing this a luttle he may even sleep longer not that we can complain as he sleeps well til about 4/5 xxx
another thing i have read is if they start to become uninterested in their milk it can be a sign that they need to start weaning and introducing a texture makes them interested. Do you think they are too young to try a bit of baby rice or a rusk with milk?
charlene
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