Hi! Hoping you mummies can help with some advice, or suggest if I need to see a GP/health visitor. I do struggle with health anxiety so trying to be more rational.
my baby is primarily breast fed (12 weeks old) but she was struggling with weight gain at the beginning due to me having severe mastitis and in the hospital so health visitor suggested 2 x formula a day. She is now thriving weight wise.
BUT, she fusses like mad on the bottle, screams, nose flares, and most scary- she acts as if she almost can’t breathe, she gasps for air and gulps the milk and then pulls off, takes huge breaths and screams. She never does this on breast, she feeds perfectly & falls asleep. I feel she is a little blue tinged around her mouth but my partner says he can’t see that at all, and that she is just fair (GP said same at 6 week check)
she is otherwise really happy and cheery, smiley and meeting all expected guidelines.
could it be the bottle? We’ve tried all sorts as she also has a high palate (no tongue tie) and she finally settled on nuk bottles but now she is dreadful again. Any advice? I am happy to just breastfeed as my supply has increased but I’m also worried it’s a red flag so don’t want to ignore!
please be kind I’m incredibly sensitive haha! she was such a wanted baby that we tried years to conceive. I already have 2 but don’t remember feeding issues like this, although I only breastfed