Bottlefeeding 2 weeks old - help needed

[Fridh74]

Hi,

For medical reason I can't no longer breastfeed my baby girl, emotionally I have taken this rather hard since I do miss the closeness. I do need some serios help with bottle feeding though. I am currently using a slow flow teat and she is drinking 60/80 ml in a couple of minutes compare to breastfeeding where a meal took 30 min at least. I know there is a different but a couple minutes? Is this normal? She is also not stop screaming and gets to a tantrum until the whole bottle is finished which makes it hard to stop and wind her. She seam to be also getting more wind.

She is getting around 500/600 ml per 24 hrs/ her weight 3,4kilo.

Can anyone help? I be so grateful.

Many thanks

 

[firstprincess]

They say that breastfeedind is like sucking a drink from a segment of orange and bottle feeding is like giving a drink from a straw.... so its very different and she is probably just getting used to feeding this way.

I had to try about 6 brands of bottle before Megan settled on one, she suffered with reflux and colic ..... eventually we settled on Avent. It may be worth you using a bottle or feeder more similar to the breast .... breatflow or I used medela.

Your health visitor should be able to give you advice. Hope this has helped. Hugs and PM anytime xxx