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crying during feeding
« on: July 31, 2011, 17:31:19 pm »
My 8 wks old is normally a very good eater. He's FF via bottle and takes between 4-5 oz/feed. However for the past couple of days he's starting crying about halfway through a feed. It doesn't happen every time, but it is becoming more frequent. Usually I'll try to burp him and occasionally this helps. Other times he just keeps crying and won't eat anymore. If I stop for a while and do something else like a bath or nappy change and then try to feed him again, he'll happily eat. When he cries. it doesn't seem like wind but I've tried giving him gripe water and after he burps, he still cries when I try to continue the feed. He very rarely spits up and hasn't had any of the other signs of reflux, but I have noticed a his burps are more wet then normal.
Reflux? Or should I try a different teat? I've been using the same bottles since he was born.
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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2011, 17:38:25 pm »
Which bottles are you using?  I would try going up a teat size for sure...

Constipation would be my other concern ;)  Bicycle his legs for a few minutes and you will have an answer to that one ;)



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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2011, 18:49:40 pm »
Thanks! I'll try the next up teats and see. He poos pretty regularly, but maybe he is straining a bit. I'll watch him closely.
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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 18:50:55 pm »
Forgot to add, were using MAM bottles. the nifty self-seralizing ones.

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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2011, 02:14:56 am »
I could be far off but DS did the same when he was around that age and I couldnt figure out why he was all of sudden cry during his bottle and then I found he had thrush.  Not a lot and it was hard to see but the was why he was so fussy during feedings.



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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2011, 03:23:12 am »
Good point Madison :)  Easy to tell if bubs has thrush... look in his mouth - thrush appears as a white coating on tongue, cheeks and the roof of baby's mouth... if you try to wipe it off, it doesn't come off easily and could leave sore areas if it does come off... if it wipes easily, it's just formula residue ;)



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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 13:17:30 pm »
i've tried going up a teat size, but he's still really fussy. but it has been an unsettled day and he's ot and grumpy. i'll try for the next few feeds. my hv is coming tomorrow, so i'll ask her about thrush.
thanks for the tips!

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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2011, 13:22:58 pm »
I think it would be worth seriously considering reflux, silent refluxers don't spit up but fussy feeding and refusing are a symptom. Here is a link if you haven't already seen it http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=654.0

Definitly worth talking to your Dr/ Hv about.

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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2011, 10:18:01 am »
He's still a bit fussy during feeding. I asked my HV about thrush and reflux and she didn't seem to think that was the cause. I've got a doc appt next week and if it continues I'll talk to her.
I'm wondering if it's just that he's not hungry. I usually feed him just after a nap. I try to feed him every 3 hours, but today I'll wait a bit and see if that helps. Is 9 wks to young for a 3.5 EASY?
I think I'm not giving him time to show me hungry cues. He doesn't root anymore and I have a hard time telling cries apart.

My other thought is that he's getting bored while eating. He's a pretty quick eater (10-15 min). Is that a possibility?


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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2011, 22:32:44 pm »
Sounds like he wants longer between feeds to me :)  Formula fed babies can go longer than a BF baby... I think we were at 4 hours around 3.5 months so I would say that you could certainly try waiting a bit longer to feed - maybe wait and watch for cues?



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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2011, 14:22:43 pm »
on reflection today, i think the fussiness is related to needing longer b/w feeds and being grumpy when he first wakes up. he often takes long naps and i wake him up after about 2 hrs (not sure if i should, been asking in the nap section). i had been trying to feed him straight away and i think he needs a bit of time to get over his grump. i'm going to try to get him on a 3.5 easy and give him a bit of time to wake up and see what happens.

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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2011, 17:49:31 pm »
I never woke my DD from a nap until she was over 6 months old.  I feel that they are sleeping because they need to and I often find that waking them up often makes for a crabby baby...

My DD still won't eat as soon as she wakes, she needs about half an hour to wake up... same with feeds after napping... needs to wake up a bit.  If someone woke you up and jammed a sandwich in your mouth, you might protest too ;)



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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2011, 15:48:13 pm »
Just throwing this is the mix . . . my boys started crying during feeding at about the same age.  Not every feed and mainly the 6-7pm feed.  They also used to make strange gulping noises, does your LO do this?  They too are FF (SMA) and were on 3.5 hour feeds I think by 8 weeks.  Anyway - I started using colief in their feed and after a few days the crying stopped.  What colour are your LO's poos?  The boys had nasty smelling green poo but it went back to yellow after a week on the colief!

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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2011, 03:41:53 am »
Remember that the colour of poop can vary with the brand of formula as well :)

For example - Gerber/Nestle GoodStart does give green poops... with the occasional yellow seeded variety that resembles a BF baby!



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Re: crying during feeding
« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2011, 13:52:24 pm »
Thanks all. We've been trying to go about 3.5 hours between feeds and that's helping a lot. He's back to drinking about as much as he used to. His naps still vary a lot, so I'm trying to work out his new EASY, but it's all over the place at the moment. On a brighter note, he slept from 8 to 1am last night which was a first! He's never gone that long before and I'm praying we can repeat it tonight.