Ds is 4 weeks (three and a half weeks early) and spent a few days in special care but has been a happy and contented baby who feeds and sleeps well.
He has gone from a very contented baby to mega grumpy one and in obvious pain.
He is a very windy baby and i'm positive it's wind that we cant get up from the feeds that is causing the problems trying to get out the bum end.
We already use Dr. Brown bottles (trying level two teats today as he was getting to bored and tired on level 1) and are using Cow and Gate formula,we tried Infacol but it didnt seem to help much is there anything else you can advise me to do?
I know it's "just" wind and most babies get this but it's so horrible seeing him in obvious pain.
We have tried the level 2 teat and it seemed to help a little but he isn't finishing the bottle like he usually does.
Should a 4 week old (3 and a half weeks prem) be feeding more than this?
Last week he was draining 5oz bottles (very very slowly)every 4 hours and settling well after each feed.
The last few days he is struggling to do 4oz before falling asleep on the bottle then screaming and now the feeds are needed every 3 hours-i know over the 24 hour period it is about the same but it has worried me especially now he has such bad trapped wind.
My ds1 had bad trapped wind a a baby but he LOVED his milk and was 2lb heavier at birth and drained every bottle i gave him so this unwillingess to feed is all new to me.
Any ideas?