DS2 has bad reflux and is on a number of medications to try and control it (which work to a varying degree on any given day). He is now 5 months and exclusively breastfed. I never thought we'd get this far as he screams during feeds due to the pain from the reflux. Recently it has got very bad and can take an hour for him to have a full feed (instead of 10 mins). He is clearly uncomfortable on his side(s) (and believe me, I've become a contortionist, feeding in all sorts of bizarre positions to make him comfy) and is beginning to show signs of aversion, as DS1 did for the same reasons.
I am keen to avoid the problems we got into with DS1, and want to move DS2 onto formula to try and ease his pain, add thickener to keep the milk down, and to enable us to go out in public for a feed once more, which is currently impossible (due to the noise and inability to feed discretely).
I don't want to try and fit 4 sessions of expressing in each day but I've tried nearly all the types of formula I can find and DS2 takes a swig, grimaces and spits it out. He will take EBM in a bottle so that's not the issue here. Can anyone suggest how to get him to take formula? It would make our family life so much easier if we weren't having to be at home every four hours for a feed.
Sorry for the length of this and thanks in advance for any ideas.