TLDR: DS gets so stressed out on the bottle that only white noise will help him to feed.
DS (12 weeks) is bottle fed, and feeding is becoming a bit of a battleground.
He’s on Alfamino SMA for suspected CMPA having refused Similac after a couple of weeks. Starting the milk trial tomorrow to hopefully get him back on the regular stuff 🤞
He also had his tongue tie released only last week as it was picked up late. So he’s had a fair bit to contend with!
In the last few days, he’s been getting quite agitated on the bottle, arching his back, throwing his arms and legs around, and crying. He’ll take the first couple of ounces fine, but after that the only way he’ll calm down to take any more is with the white noise on. He still opens his mouth for the bottle, so I’d say he’s still hungry, but as he starts sucking the crying starts again. I don’t think it’s his tummy - he’s quite good at bringing up wind and the thrashing around stops when we take the bottle away.
As a result he’s very difficult to settle to sleep too. Weirdly, he sometimes wants a bit of milk to help him off to sleep and he always takes it fine then.
I’m beginning to think he just hates the Alfamino so hopefully we can wean him back on to ordinary milk, but in the meantime this is getting pretty wearing. I just want to feed my baby!
Can anyone offer their experience or advice?