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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would actually try to stretch feeding intervals out a bit longer. Sometimes when they eat 2 oz every 2 hrs it's more like a snack and they never really feel really hungry. I would try 2.5-3 hrs at a higher volume for the same total volume per day. That being said I've worked with probably over 1000 babies and I can't recall a newborn who refuses a bottle- usually it's the opposite problem- so I would definitely be pushing for some sort of evaluation. If you suspect tongue tie, you can probably make an appointment with a ENT or dentist yourself depending on your insurance plan. [/quote]

Most newborns eat every two hours. They have small stomach and can only eats 2-3 ounces at a time. [/quote]

the point of this advice is to get the baby motivated to take a full feed instead of eating pretty much constantly. [/quote]

You don’t know babies at all. 2 ounces is a full feed for a two week old. Most babies don’t start taking 3-4oz per feed until 1+ months. 2 ounces every two hours is considered a full feed for a 2 week old. [/quote]

+1. This. These so called “ baby experts” don’t know squat. 2 ounces is considered a full feed for a two week old. I work in healthcare ( L&D) and have several friends in the same industry. I have two kids myself. A newborns stomach is the size of their first. Two ounces is perfectly normal and not considered a snack at all. [/quote]

If you work in L&D then you don't know anything about babies past 2 hours of life when they are transferred to PP. If you also work in PP then you don't know anything about babies past a few days of life when they go home. I worked in NICU for years and the standard feeding schedule there is every 3 hours. Now if a term baby is starving at 2 hours and it's not medically contraindicated then we could go ahead and feed them but I believe OP said she was waking the baby every 2 hours. To me it sounds like the baby isn't actually all that hungry...Anyway it was just a suggestion to try, OP doesn't have to marry it. [/quote]

OP said the baby will eat every 1-2 hours and he will let them know when he is hungry. She said he usually eats 2oz every 2 hours and cries to let them know. It doesn’t make any difference for if OP feeds every 2 hours or every 3 hours if he is taking the same amount each day. [/quote]

It absolutely could make a difference. The baby’s eating is very disorganized right now; with four different methods (breast, shield, syringe, and bottle), with the baby taking a long time to eat. Most babies do fine if they feed on demand and you follow their signals. But that is not what is happening here. More structure could help. [/quote]

Their schedule seems fairly structured. [/quote]

+1. OP posted a day to day on a previous page. They feed him two ounces every two hours at 6am, 8am, 10, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, 10pm, 12am, 2am, and 4am. That is structured. [/quote]

the unstructured part is all the other attempts to get the baby to nurse and take the bottle. as OP said, it’s basically constant. it sounds very strssful and disorganized for everyone. if the goal was syringe feeding then fine, but it’s not. bouncing between 4 things is not a plan. [/quote]

You do know many bottle fed babies with latch issues are suggested to be on the breast as much as possible? OP said she often lets him feed on her first and he does lots of comfort nursing. Many newborns comfort nurse. There is nothing wrong with OP trying the bottle twice a day and putting the baby on the breast as often as possible so he can get a more secure and stronger latch. This is exactly what you do when you’re trying to get them to successfully breastfeed and take a bottle. [/quote]

This is not about most babies. This is about OP and her baby, who are struggling and trying a million different things. A plan and some structure and simplification could help a lot. And of course ASAP a medical professional who will take the baby’s inability to latch seriously. [/quote]

Will you just stop? OP knows her baby best and has made it clear she trust the advice of trained medical professionals over you. She doesn’t care what you think is right or what she should do. [/quote]

OP posted for advice on an advice board because she is not getting answers from medical professionals. Sounds like you have some kind of agenda, but I’m not sure what it is … [/quote]

How would you improve latch with small flat nipples? In a newborn. [/quote]

OP here. Most moms use a nipple shield but my baby hates it. This helps them get a better latch to extract the milk. I pinch my nipples and use my pump to get my nipple hard and as big as possible before feeding. I also bought the nipple suction thing someone else told me to buy that helps with flat nipples. [/quote]

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