Can anyone help/shed any light, offer support or generally symapthise/share experiences?
My dd is 11 weeks old and has been ff since 5 weeks with no issues. She has always fed really well on formula, and until last Friday was taking between 4 and 5 ounces at each feed - sometimes downing it in ten minutes! I had just started to think about increasing her feeds a bit when the problem started.
I usually stop during a feed to wind her - about halfway through. I always have, it works well for dd, and she usually prompts this break, then finishes off her feed. However since last Friday, each time I do this, when I try to put the bottle back in her mouth she screams as though I am about to murder her, gags, sticks her tongue out, pokes the teat back out with her tongue - so hard it bends backwards, and generally seems to do anything to avoid having any more. Consequently - she has been having about half her normal amount. I have been able to "persevere" a few times and get some more down her, but has taken around 45 minutes to an hour!
I have tried spending longer winding her - in case she has trapped wind, but she does seem to burp well. I have also tried going back to her with a bit more milk later on (outside of her normal feed times - which are roughly every four hours during the day) but she is still having none of it - she looks at me like she knows what I'm up to!
What else can I try?