Hi there - I'm a first-time poster so I'm hoping you can help!!
My wee girl is 10 weeks old and was a great little feeder until the last week or so (FF). She doesn't take huge amounts but enough to be steadily putting on weight and keeping active and sleeping well at night (sleeping through the night from about 6/7 weeks).
She was up to 6oz bottles (about 5 a day) and finishing most of them but about 2 weeks ago she started falling asleep at the bottle then crying when I woke her up (by lying her down - this wakes her up during the day) to give her the rest of the bottle. I'll then have to fight to give her the rest - mostly just giving up after a couple of ounces. For the last couple of days, mostly mid-day feeds, she's been painfully crying after an ounce or so and not settling to feed. Some feeds we battle through, taking about an hour at times. Others I have to give up as she wriggles and cries until I put her down - either into her bouncy chair or simply on her mat where she happily kicks away.
I read that these might be symptoms of acid reflux (arching back, crying during feeds etc) but she doesn't spit/throw up after feeds and doesn't seem to be bothered when I lie her down to play on her back after a failed feed (in fact, this seems to appease her). She'll sometimes spit up a bit of clear liquid with a wee bit of curdled milk about an hour or two later, but just a mouthful and it doesn't bother her.
Sorry for the long-winded post! First-time mum so no idea if this is normal. Any thoughts before I run up to the docs like a neurotic mum?!