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tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« on: August 08, 2011, 08:16:37 am »
I gave Levi a DF at 10.30pm and he took about 100mls and is a slooooow feeder, took about 30-40mins to feed... I was up until midnight with him not settling, I thought it was wind so I kept trying to get him to burp, he makes wind type noises but he just wouldnt settle afterwards, I cant even remember what I did to get him to fall asleep in the end but he was then up again at 2.30am and so I fed him again and the same thing happened. then he woke at 5.30am and I just kept giving him the dummy at this point cos I was so tired, finally gave in and fed him at 6.30am

Should I continue to try the DF again if its going to cause this much trouble? he woke up as much as he usually does for feeds but it doesnt usually take that long to get him back to sleep, he usually just falls asleep at the bottle in the night and stays asleep.

Tonight his last feed was at 7pm and he seems very unsettled in his sleep already, Ive had to give him the dummy about an hour afterwards as he woke up again crying. he does still keep making wind noises, the high pitched little squeal, the heavy fast breathing every now and then, the squirming and moving head back and forth

What do you think?





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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2011, 12:54:09 pm »
Why don't you leave the DF for a couple of weeks as he is so little and try again? It can be the case that they do better with a DF when they are a bit bigger or he may just be one who doesn't do well with a DF at all. My two were not good at the DF so we just let them wake when they were hungry.

Have you tried any of the wind drops to see if that helps him settle a bit better? It could all just be him getting used to the world too. If I remember right your big boy was a refluxer so that's something to keep an eye on too as it often runs in families.

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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2011, 13:27:22 pm »
Yes I'm keeping an eye out for reflux but my midwife has said he's too young for wind drops, infacol is for 8 weeks and older I think as well, I tried the Df at 10.40 again tonight, he took another 100mls but wind was an issue again and he seems in pain with it and kept burping right up until now at 1.20am where I've given him another bottle as he was munching on the dummy like he was starving!!
He's such a squirmer when he feeds, I'm sure it's wind yet again. I got the Dr Browns bottles as I know they are good but there's still a heck of alot of wind. I also went up a teat size because he was taking an hour to feed on the level 1's





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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2011, 13:38:10 pm »
It may be worth having a look in a pharmacy, we definitly used infacol from the first week or so and it is suitable from birth in the UK :-\.

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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2011, 13:48:45 pm »
Well he finished his bottle, got the hiccups halfway through, he does get alot of hiccups too, I've put him to sleep on his tummy, he's still making wind noises, ugh I'm praying its not reflux, I don't think i could handle that being thrown in the mix as well :(

I did ask at the pharmacy and they said not under 6 or 8 weeks, can't remember which. Mayb I should go back to level 1 teats and see if that improves his wind, even if he does take longer to feed.

Oh he's just squirming in his bed, it's wind for sure... Ugh its gonna be another long night with little sleep again I think





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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2011, 14:14:08 pm »
{{HUGS}} Jo. Which formula is he on?

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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2011, 17:14:52 pm »
It's called S26, it's supposed to be the best one out of all of them here





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Re: tried the DF last night, it didnt go so well...
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 20:04:06 pm »
I tried size 2 teats for my LO for about 4 weeks and he got bad wind and dribbled everywhere, then one day I accidently used a size 1 teat and he fed great and didn't get painful wind, so I've gone back to using size 1s.  Although an hour is a long time to feed so I can see why you might not want to go back! 
Also I definately gave Infacol when he was 2 weeks old, but I didn't think it had any effect anyway.
Hope he's comfortable soon.