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Wednesday, November 14

Feeding problem

minibeanie hasn't been eating well over the last 3 days :( Over the weekend, he averaged 550ml when the long term average is over 700ml (the advantage of a spreadsheet). He will feed for a while and when he stops for a burp, he wails his head off and refuses to take the bottle again. Gas also seems to be a huge problem - lots of flatulence (since we're in polite society here ;). Yesterday, in a desperate measure, we massaged his tummy with a Chinese traditional oil - 'Ru yi you'. I'm not sure if it worked but the lingering smell is awful. Today, he continued with his drink-a-little-&-wail routine but it suddenly occurred to me that perhaps his teat is too small! After all, this has been the same teat used since he was a newborn. Maybe. The next sized teats were dug out of the cupboard, sterilized in a jiffy and refitted into the bottle. It's still too early to tell if that solves the problem.... we can only sit, hold the bottle & hope :)

minibeanie is 3 months, 2 weeks & 4 days old

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