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Infant feeding

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16 week old suddenly off bottles

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Beamae · 01/01/2012 23:58

My twins have reflux and are on Neocate, Infacol, Gaviscon and Carobel as well as breastmilk (I breastfeed 3 times a day but as my supply is dwindling I supplement these feeds with formula). I know they had a growth spurt just before Christmas because they outgrew a whole new set of clothes in a couple of weeks, but even though I am trying not to compare their feeds now with those during the growth spurt, one of my babies still seems to be hardly wanting to feed at all. I am really having to work to get bottles into her. She doesn't seem to want to suck on the bottle and pulls her lips back to let the formula run out of her mouth. She cries and cries and chokes. I've tried sitting her up more and burping her in case but this doesn't seem to work. She has never been a fan of breastfeeding and I always have to force her to do it, but now she hardly tries at all, just gets more and more frantic until she is screeching. I can't tell if she is hungry or in pain. Has anyone else experienced this? She seems to have gone from a baby who loves the bottle and sucks the lot down in the blink of an eye to one who I am having to practically forcefeed.

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flamegirl77 · 02/01/2012 00:04

Could she have a sore mouth, perhaps thrush? I think it would be a good idea to see your GP and get her checked out.

Beamae · 02/01/2012 00:07

Definitely. Hopefully I can get an appointment this week.

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