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Only taking half feeds

Hi, my 11 week old little boy has started only taking half his feeds. He was taking 5 180ml botles a day and out of all 5 bottles was maybe only leaving about 60mls. The past few days he's only taking about 90mls of each bottle and refuses to take anymore. If i try and make him take any more then he just gets really upset. He is still sleeping and going through the night. I just dont want him to start starving. Has anyone else had this with their little one? Lucas is on Comfort milk and is also on Gaviscon. We have to use the fst flow teet with the comfort milk but the little gel beads seem to be getting stuck in the teet. Does anyone know if the Vari Flow teets are any faster?

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Posted on 27/01/2012 21:09:11

Livi's mummy

variflow is a slit rather than holes, so it may work better with thicker milks. some bottle brands actually do teats specifically for thicker feeds (i know that avent do).
as for him only taking half, it may be related to the teat being too slow and getting clogged, but how many hours does he have between his feeds? with my eldest, when she started leaving some milk, i discovered that it was actually her wanting to space her feeds further out.
shelly - mum to a 4yr old and a 12 week old

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Posted on 28/01/2012 18:46:32