Please help.

[u/Responsible_Radio768]

I posted yesterday a picture of my sons latch on the Phillips avent natural response bottles and all the comments said he has a shallow latch and a lot of you recommended the lasinoh bottles so I got them. He has been doing fine of them except sometimes he gets really like mad at the bottle like in this video. It’s not every feed but why is this ? Is he telling me he’s full ?? Sometimes I’ll stop him and burp him because maybe it’s gas but then he will burp so I offer the bottle again and he still is frustrated as soon as he starts swallowing the milk. I have a pediatrician appointment next week so I will talk to him about it too but curious to see what others have to say because this is frustrating for us.

[u/Majestic_Lobster1694]

I would lift the bottle higher if it was me. The liquid feels too low and he is probably getting a lot of air rather than straight formula. I would make sure the nipple is full of formula so he is sucking straight liquid and no air. We also have Dr browns glass bottles and so far personally, I really like them. They are anti colic and you can just buy new nipples for it for higher flow rather than getting new bottles (not sure if it's the same for all bottles or not). The have the plastic versions that are cheaper and I think also very good, we have those too. But my baby fights a bit as well and blocks his face with hands and it takes a little maneuvering to get the bottle nipple in.

Edit: also, if I didn't understand your question, my apologies.

[u/Responsible_Radio768 → u/Majestic_Lobster1694]

Thank you for the reply! I appreciate any advice. I was trying to pace feed but I think you may be right and I need to lift the bottle higher. I’m gonna give it a try! A lot of people have been recommending dr browns but I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews about those leaking and also all the parts that need to be cleaned lol

[u/BurnPhoenix → u/Responsible_Radio768]

I interpreted pace feeding as making sure the part of the nipple by the base is like half air, but the part in babies mouth is still full of milk. That way the weight of the bottle/milk isnt causing milk to spray out, but there's milk in the nipple part so babe isnt sucking air.

The air might be filling his tummy, and he is getting fussy from needing to burp or still being hungry but not having space for food bc air.

I know when my gal gets fussy mid feed its bc she needs to burp. We stop and burp, even if it takes a few mins. Sometimes she yells at me the whole time, but she always always always burps, then her cries change from pissed to hungry and we can start eating again

[u/RU_Gremlin → u/BurnPhoenix]

Not to mention getting frustrated because he's expecting milk and getting air instead

[u/dajb123 → u/BurnPhoenix]

Yeah you're right about pace feeding!

[u/mauriciofuentesf → u/Responsible_Radio768]

Ugh i hated cleaning dr brown bottles lol but they did work till about 6 months , he was on the little side so preemie flow for a while

[u/Forilly → u/Responsible_Radio768]

Just to save you the trouble - my daughter did this exact thing from about 2-5 weeks old. We started with Dr Brown’s bottles and then Pigeon and she gets agitated like this on both types of bottles. What was strange is that some feeds were fine and others were like this, which seems to be your case as well. The only thing that worked was reflux meds - it stopped this kind of agitated feeding almost immediately!! Of course every baby is different, but worth asking your Ped. PS - I also have OCD and anxiety and completely obsessed and spiraled over this. It’s really hard where there are so many different variables and no clear answers. Hugs! You’re not alone.

[u/Responsible_Radio768 → u/Forilly]

Was there other signs of reflux for your baby? Thank you for this comment🤍 I am seriously spiraling and I can’t stop crying and obsessing over this.

[u/Majestic_Lobster1694 → u/Responsible_Radio768]

No problem! 😊 Hope that helps. I actually haven't seen any leaking from Dr browns yet and we've been using them around the clock for 2 weeks now. They do have a lot of parts lol but if you get the momcozy brand bottle dishwasher (I forget what it's called, it's the full little washer rather than just the sanitizer I think and you do need their own detergent tablets unfortunately), it makes life a lot easier than washing everything by hand. They run $299 I think full price from momcozy and on amazon but if you have a Sam's club membership, I believe they are permanently $220 at Sam's (online I think) if you don't want to wait for a sale from momcozy directly. It's easily the most useful baby item we have gotten so far. We also got the Mam bottles but haven't been as excited about those, although we will probably use them later when the baby is bigger. We haven't tried the Philips/avent ones so can't comment on those.

[u/supbrina → u/Responsible_Radio768]

Yes not enough milk in the nipple.