Dribbling milk during a feed

[Lara310809]

Chloe is forever dribbling milk during her feed, and part of me wonders whether it's because the teat size is too high. She's almost 6 weeks old and is on teat size 2 (2 holes). I think when they're born they're supposed to be on size 1, but due to having been missold the bottles (they were labelled as being from birth onwards), we have been using size 2 since the beginning.

We have those plastic-backed bibs, and this morning she somehow managed to soak one through - and I mean even the back of the plastic was wet, even though her bodysuit wasn't

I'm thinking babies aren't supposed to dribble, so does it mean the teat size is too high for her age? I thought you were supposed to move up to size 2 when she turned a month old, but it seems she still can't cope with it. It's annoying, because as well as being a waste of formula, it also means she's not getting what we're giving her. She must waste at least 0.5oz per feed (she's on 5oz feeds), and I know it's not much in the long run, but in a week that's 12.5oz, and it all adds up.

We use the Avent bottles, if that helps

 

[Rachiebaby24]

Change the teat and see if that makes a difference. If it doesnt, get her checked for tongue tie as that can be a sign of it, as the baby breaks the suction/latch which results in the dribbling/leaking.

 

[p3rox]

Rylee's been using the sized 2 Avent teats since he was home at a week old, he dribbles a tiny bit out the side of his mouth and a whole mouthful when he's had enough, he's 6 weeks tommorow. I actually hadn't thought about teat sizes, i just went with whatever came with the steriliser, oops!

 

[Pikefoldpixel]

Maddison is on size 1 and she tends to dribble abit xx

 

[tinkerz23]

I was wondering that today! Baylie is 12 weeks and also is using avent bottles. I bf for 11 weeks with one bottle of formula at night. I guess she always dribbled but I didn't notice as much as I do now since she gets more bottles. I changed back to the size 1 and no dribbling. Try the smaller one. LO will let ya know if it is not fast enough.

 

[blondeNklutzi]

Mika is already on size 3's. Off and on he has dribbled during a feed, sometimes a lot sometimes not at all. He usually only dribbles when he is tired or not terribly interested in his food...he gets distracted easily.

I think if she is really drooling a lot, you might look into changing the size however, because if it is too fast she is gulping, which can mean she swallows a lot of air...

 

[chocbanana]

This happened to us around that age and I changed the bottles - it stopped! Grace had tommi tippie ones but dribbled with them, so I changed to Avent and she was fine with them. I think you have to try diff bottles as the teats vary so much in shape!!
Good luck..x