Baby not feeding well

Baby is 2mo tmr and has not been feeding well since yesterday. Her usual intake per feed typically ranges from 80ml to 100ml and 7 to 8 times per day. Daily intake about 600+ml. We have been bottle feeding her with pigeon bottle stage 2 nipple. She started to fuss and cry so we changed to stage 3. The first feed with stage 3 nipple went pretty well and she drank 70ml. However subsequent feeds the crying and rejecting bottle returned. We since tried Philip, Dr Brown's and Hegen and the same crying is still occuring. We have been preparing 60ml expressed bm to bottle feed her but she will not be able to drink contentedly and there will be alot of milk spilling out from her mouth during feeding. Tried to let her latch and she wants to but only suck 3 times and rest each time. To give context my milk supply is not high - am expressing average 70ml per pump #advicepls #pleasehelp

Suxian Lee

Mama bear of 1 sunny prince

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Sucking thrice and resting is a normal “rhythm” for breastfed babies who directly latches! They can’t suck and breathe at the same time. As long as you hear your LO sucking, swallowing and pausing, it means your LO is actively drinking. Stage 2 nipple flow rate is too fast for a 2mo. My girl is 3mo and she’s only using a stage 1! Sucking at the breast takes some effort as compared to sucking at the bottle. I didn’t want her to learn to be lazy (faster flow rate at bottle) so I opted for the teat with the slowest possible flow rate suitable for her. Fussing and crying at the bottle usually indicates that the flow rate is unsuitable for them, either too fast or too slow. Sometimes when they’re experiencing growth spurts, they can also be extra fussy.

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