Feeding too much or reflux or both?
Our two week old is desperate for the bottle but we think he's feeding to comfort the pain in his throat given how upset he is during feeds.
He makes hunger cues but throws up when we let him feed as much as he wants. We are paced feeding and keeping upright after feeds for the whole time until the next feed. He vomits a lot when we lie him down even after he's been upright for an hour or more. We use extra slow flow teats as he's gulping food even on those.
We'll feed him every hour and a half or so, anywhere between 60-110ml a feed. He's having between 7-11 feeds a day with the average being 10.
When we feed less, the reflux is less. Still present, and not lessened by much, but is lessened. He vomits up straight after a feed and periodically anywhere up to an hour and a half after feeding too. He gets soaked with his reflux.
GP says because he's gaining weight he's fine, but he's clearly in pain during and after feeds, vomiting and arching his back. Desperate for food even when he's only just eaten. Fights us burping him, cries and won't burp often. Will look sleepy sometimes during feeds, then screams when trying to burp and wants more food.
Any advice? If we're feeding too much and he's still signalling he wants food, how do we know when to stop feeding him?