Teething causing issues

[mrscotton]

Looking for some advice.

My LO is 5 months old next week and i am sure he is teething (chewing all his toys/teats, dribbling alot, hands in his mouth etc).

He always was great at having his bottles (he is on SMA formula), was having 8oz every bottle, 5 bottles a day. He would sit still and drink the whole bottle but stop to burp him twice during the bottle.

Over the past week, he has become a nightmare with his bottles. He will quite happily drink the first 3/4oz but then he pushes against my legs to push himself backwards, he looks over his shoulder, tries to sit himself up and just generally doesn’t stay still for the rest of his bottles, the teat must leave his mouth 20-30 times and can take 15 mins for him to drink the rest. He’s leaving between 1-2oz every bottle now too.

Could this change just be down to his teething or could something else be causing this? I absolutely loved feeding him but dread fighting with him everytime he has a bottle now.

It could be. If he feeds at predictable intervals you could give him a dose of calpol 20 minutes before a feed for a couple of feeds and see if it helps. He might be expecting it to hurt, so give it a couple of tries she he realises it won't.

It is so so so normal for babies this age to become difficult to feed. They're much more interested and engaged in their surroundings and their eyesight is better, they get too nosy to eat! Feed in a calm, quiet, dimly lit room, and give baby something to play with while he eats.

Ahh that does make sense. He always drinks his bottle better at 5am when its just the two of us. He is even worse when im out and feeding him as he just stares at people.

Giving him something to hold could be a good idea, i have just thought that he does drink better when hes messing around with my bracelet which is on the arm i hold his bottle with so will try giving him something to hold onto.