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Up teat size or oz?

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LaurenSarah22 · 04/01/2019 15:37

So got a 7 week old daughter. She is starting to fall asleep mid feed, screams when I try and wind her and cries after she finishes a bottle. Only started past 4 feeds. She has around 4oz every 4 hours and at night she sometimes goes 5 hour plus. She's on comfort milk and colief.
So question is do I change teat size and up her oz? I tried changing teat size yesterday but she dribbled alot so i went back to size 1 ( MAM BOTTLES) do I just let her get used to the new flow?

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Bobfossil2 · 05/01/2019 21:09

Does she finish the whole bottle? If yes, I would up her oz. Mine is 11 weeks and I tried the next year size at 8 weeks but she ended up soaked in milk. Tried it for a couple of days but I’ve taken her back to size 1 for now.

KimchiLaLa · 05/01/2019 21:30

Yes try and put another oz in there and see if she takes it.
My DD used to fall asleep mid feed all the time too.
You'll know quickly whether the next size teat up is right, I would buy them and see how you go as eventually you will need them. My DD is now 1 and been on a size 2 teat since around 4 months so it's not a waste of money!!
Also, I do recommend MAM bottles to reduce wind and gas.

KimchiLaLa · 05/01/2019 21:30

Oh god sorry you already use MAM!
They're great x

snowy1982 · 13/01/2019 18:58

My wee boy (now 17 weeks) was doing similar with his bottles when he was only 2-3 weeks, health visitor recommended we up his teat size and it worked a treat. She did warn us that he would dribble a lot of milk out for the first few days until he got used to the new teat

somersetsoul · 24/02/2019 09:12

Isn't the comfort milk thicker? I'd try the next size teat x

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