DD2 usually takes an hour to drink her milk. Shouldn't she be quicker by now? She is sucking most of the time but sometimes it can take 15 mins for 2ozs! She is on Dr Brown bottles, no 2 teats - tried no 3s but they are too fast and half the milk goes down her chin. Milk is Aptamil Easy Digest which is a bit thicker but surely it can't be that much thicker. She has from about wk2 been either blocked or runny nose - do you think could make it difficult for her to suck? Also was tongue tied and wondering if the snip hasn't worked properly? Or just that she is a slow drinker and will get quicker eventually. Its just that she spends so much energy sucking she sometimes falls asleep mid-feed. Am a bit stumped as to what I should do other than try other bottles maybe?? Any advice?
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Reasons for 17wk old taking so long to drink her milk?
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Lisa229 · 08/11/2007 19:54
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