Yesterday up until mid afternoon, my 4 week old son was feeding fine. Was having 4-5 oz every 3 hours like he always does, then when it came to his 3 o'clock feed, he wouldn't take the bottle. He seemed hungry and would take the bottle, take a couple of sips and then squirt the milk out or he wouldn't swallow the milk and let it build up in his mouth causing him to choke. I managed to get no more than 4 oz in him from 3 o'clock to about 9 o'clock. I then put him to bed hoping he would wake up once he was tucked in, but he didn't wake until 2 o'clock ish and he then had 5 oz no problem, he had it all in one with no stoping or choking. Then he woke up about 5 o'clock, I can't remember if he had a little problem drinking it but he had 4 & a half oz. I tried to feed him this morning and he just keeps letting it pool in his mouth without swallowing meaning he chokes. I've got 4 oz down him this morning since about 6 o'clock ish but I've had to let him take no more than 3 sucks before pulling the teat out to wait for him to swallow and then put it back in for him to feed again. He does want the bottle that's why I can't understand what's going on.
He is an extremely gassy baby and has trouble bringing wind up, and I think that's the problem as we spent all evening burping him and even without feeding much he had SO much wind. He is already on infacol colic drops and they do seem to work sometimes, but not always. We've spent the whole time burping him and I do think that's the issue and maybe he's let all his wind build up but it's never bothered him before and he's always been a very gutsy baby.
He is fine in himself, bit grizzly but I think that's because of the feeding issues. Still very alert, not really sleeping any more than usual and hasn't got a fever or anything.
I do think he might have a water infection as he peed all over my bed this morning and it was a bit orangey and when I smelt it it did smell a bit but that could just be what wee smells like, I can't say I've ever smelt it before haha. I googled symptoms of a baby uti and it did say not feeding but he has no other symptoms at all, he's still having plenty of wet nappies but to be on the safe side I'm taking him to the doctors tomorrow morning.
I'm just a bit stressed and scared that he is going to dehydrate. I've always had to wake him up every 3 hours for feeds but he has never been like this. I know I need to still try and feed him the formula, but can I give him cool boiled water to make sure he isn't dehydrated? I have a few medicine syringes so he wouldn't need to suck the teat.
Any advice would be more than appreciated x
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4 week old won't feed - what do I do
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harleysmammy · 29/05/2017 09:33
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