Be careful supplementing that one, I would be doing it drop by drop with him in a nursing position on his stomach, not on his back like you would a human baby. He may have a cleft in his palate. This is a hole or slit in the roof of the mouth that lets fluids go to the nose and the lungs rather than down the esophagus where they belong. Sometimes you can see them very easily just by looking at the roof of their mouth, others are harder to detect. You might just have the hole to big in the bottle though and he is getting too much at once. Cleft palates cannot form a strong enough suction to nurse or to suck on a bottle nipple. There have been a couple on here that are doing fine though with special care. Why are you supplementing? The colostrum which they get from Mom is only available for approx. 24 hours and it is really important as it will help them fight off infections, both bacterial and viral. |