Lately when my daughter is hungry, she takes some milk and then is no longer interested. She starts to suck on her hands as if she's still hungry or open her mouth trying to suck on my cheeks. When I try to give her the bottle, she spits it out, rolls her tongue, turns her head from side to side, cries, and pushes the bottle away with her hands.
I keep on trying to give her the bottle until she finally latches on and starts drinking. Sometimes it works and she finishes the bottle and sometimes she spits out the bottle again.
Some facts:
-She is 5 months/2.5 adjusted
-not diagnosed with reflux
-On neosure
-eats 5-6 times a day 2-4 oz each time
-I use dr.browns bottles with level 2 nipples
-She's had issues with constipation the past 3 weeks (using prune juice to help)
I've heard to switch to level 3 nipple. Not sure if nipple is the issue since at her night feedings, she does not have this issue at all. I asked her doc and she didn't really seem to know or be concerned. Whats going on with her?
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Daughter spitting out bottle
- By faddu
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 8:04 pm · 7 replies
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- By misunderstoodmama
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 8:16 pm
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It certainly sounds like reflux to me. I would ask your doc again.
You can try...
*switching to a soy or hypoallergenic formula
*switching bottles and/or nipples
*thickening formula with cereal or "thick-it"
Hope this helps feel free to PM me
- By violetsmom
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 8:53 pm
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I agree, or some colic. My DD has both. I would NOT switch to the level 3 nipple, she may get overwhelmed. The level 2 may even be a bit much. Violet is 3 months adjusted and still uses the level one nipple.
- By faddu
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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Yeah with the level 1 nipple she was getting really frustrated. She has been using level 2 since she came home from the hospital. It seems to be working really well for her. If I give her level 1 she sucks and sucks and gets annoyed because its not coming out fast enough for her.
- By Avasmom
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 10:27 am
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My daughter did this too. She actually has tone issues in her mouth and a high arch from the vent. We switched from the Dr. Browns to Avent nipples because they seemed to reach farther back in her mouth. For some reason this helped a lot- also speech therapy.
Good luck- she's gorgeous by the way!
Rhonda
- By rocketboy
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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That sounds exactly like my son! He is 5 1/2 months actual/2 months adjusted and eats just like your daughter. He chows for an ounce or two and then it totally disinterested and tries to do everything he can to not drink the bottle. We also use Dr. Brown with level 2 nipple. Up until a couple weeks ago, we were fortifying breast milk with neosure. We were thinking he had reflux, but the upper gi didn't show any. Our ped. had us stop the neosure and that has helped make him less fussy during feedings. He's still not interested for much past 2 or so ounces, but at least he's not having a fit. For my son, I think it's just the whole feeding difficulty with a preemie. I don't think there is much I can do, so hopefully he gains weight into his next appt.!
- By faddu
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 6:35 pm
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Rocketboy: thanks for your reply. It's soooo beyond frustrating I can't even explain. I dont think I have the patience to deal with this. I just have to put her in her swing and go away for a little bit... :(
I scheduled an appointment with a speech therapist to get her evaluated. Speech therapist thinks it might be reflux. The nurse and ped didn't even mention reflux.
I did hold her up and feed her in her last feeding and it kind of helped. But she still did not drink alot....hopefully she can get that appointment soon so we can see whats going on!!!
- By babygirls24n2
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 11:53 pm
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One other suggestion our NICU nurses have tried is holding the baby on their side rather than facing up at you - a more natural position, since their natural instinct is to look for the breast in that direction. It makes it a little tricky because you have to adjust how you hold and then hold the bottle that way as well - but it has helped our little one take more during her feedings.
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