My baby is 6 weeks old. She recently gets fussy while feeding her (bottle).?

Question

It isn't all the time. Sometimes the entire feeding, at the end, and or not at all. I tried changing the flow of the nipple but it seems to be the same.Could it be she is full? Although she continues to eat. Please any advice would be great

Answer 1

I have a 3 month old baby girl and when she was 5 weeks she had the same problem. I took her to the doctors and the problem was constipation. Her belly was feeling full so she didnt feel hungry. Even if your baby is doing regular stools she might not be getting enough out. brown sugar in cooled boiled water helps or coloxyl drops. good luck.

Answer 2

Bottle is a poor choice to feed with. The Almighty made provision for babies to be fed. Why don't we do the obvious? Feeding is also a time of bonding, cuddling, etc. My best guess is that the "formula" is disagreeing with her. There is no adequate substitute for mother's milk. Are you surprised that the Almighty knew what He was doing? I'll bet you could begin nursing at this point, though it would take some patience. Both you and the baby might find it very rewarding, and worth the effort. Nursing has the added advantage that you are giving the baby over 1000 calories a day, which works out to about 2 pounds/week. If you don't need to loose a bit of weight, you can eat more food, and don't need to sterilize bottles, or buy that expensive, ridiculous baby food.

Answer 3

Sounds to me like she has gas that she is not releasing. Even though she may burp, there might be more gas in there. Try keeping her upright a little longer after she burps to see if she will release any more, or try the infant gas drops, those are safe and I had to use them for my daughter who seemed to have the same problem a yours.
My grandma would tell you to rub butter on her belly, she swore by it, I tried it and it seemed to work, but who knows. But of course also talk to your Dr.

Answer 4

Is it fussing like she may be in pain? If so then have her see the doc, it may be an ear infection. My son was like this.

She could be an early teether as well, or just going through a growth spurt. My son gets extremely fussy during feeding time during growth spurts as well.

Answer 5

It coudl be that she has wind - but I assume that you have tried winding her. Although if she continues to eat it is unlikley that she has wind or is full.

I wonder if you try her with this bottle http://www.podeebottles.co.uk they allow the baby to drink at the speed that they require. That means that if it is to do with the flow this will sort it out.

Answer 6

Hello and congratulations. My advice is to burb her 2 - 3 times during the bottle, maybe try a different formula and as i do to my son i wrap him up. you could also feed her small amounts often, rather then large feeds.
good luck.

Answer 7

he would desire to be catching a chilly or is uncomfortable. Or in case you have given him a bottle that would make breast feeding alot harder on account that he does not would desire to artwork to get the milk out of a bottle like he does the breast. attempt eating garlic, they are asserting that the amniotic fluid has a garlic flavor to it and once you consume sufficient of it your milk would have that flavor.

Answer 8

Could be gas bubbles in her tummy, try burping her a little more often and see if that helps. If it continues, I would talk to her pediatrician though.

Answer 9

Try a teat change.
Try a temperature change of the milk.
Check her gums.

Good Luck.

Answer 10

try winding could be as simple as that xx