What’s happening?🥺

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My baby is 2 weeks and 3 days old and is fully on BM.these past few days he has been fussing during feedings , trying to find my nipple when it’s right there, latching and de latching and seems frustrated sometimes but there are days that he latches on fine without any fussingalso it is difficult to get him to burp! and sometimes he spits out some milk when we put him downtoday while he was sleeping, he cried and coughed out milk from his mouth and some from his nose and his face was very redit sounded and looked  like he was chokingwe carried him and put him in an upright position and he stopped fussing and is currently sleeping in my husband’s armhis last milk intake was 2.5 hrs ago.  was wondering can it really take that long to experience a reflux? am still worried though , is he like choking or is this normalwhat if it happens in the middle of the night when we’re asleep?should i bring him to the doctor? i don’t know what to do🥺🥺🥺

Jolyn Tee · Answer

try massaging your breasts before each feed. n ensure tt your bb latch properly when feeding. it can be due to shallow latching or the flow of milk is too slow to bb liking, so they will latch and de latch to find an optimal feeding position. it was also very hard to burp my gal initially. you can try the sitting up n holding the chin method or over the shoulder method. usually breastfeeding bb don't require to be burp as much as formula fed bb. my gal is 3mth + currently and still get reflux sometimes 1-2hr later. so it's pretty common. pd advice not to overfeed bb to prevent reflux. else can try feeding for shorter period/lesser amount of milk but more frequently like every 2h instead of 3h. ps: if u believe in tcm, can bring bb to yuguo at kembangang for massage. it was helpful for my gal