{"id":"4d79fb86ff37e5c0855abde24b1547b3","slug":"my-8-week-old-has-colic-at-night-but-only-when-my-partner-feeds-him-bottles","question":"my 8 week old has colic at night but only when my partner feeds him bottles","answer":"This is a useful clue—it points away from colic being purely about your baby's digestive system, and toward something specific about bottle feeding itself.\n\nA few things to check: the bottle flow rate (if it's too fast, your baby may swallow air or struggle to pace the feed), the bottle teat design, and how your partner holds the bottle. Even small differences in feeding style can matter. It's also worth noting whether the colic happens right after the feed or later, and whether your baby seems to have gas or other digestive discomfort, or just inconsolable crying.\n\nThat timing and pattern will help your pediatrician figure out whether this is feeding mechanics, a formula sensitivity, or something else. Your pediatrician can walk through these specifics with you and your partner together—they may spot something in real time that's hard to describe.","sources":"[{\"pmid\":\"30656551\",\"title\":\"Preventing and Treating Colic.\",\"journal\":\"Advances in experimental medicine and biology\",\"year\":\"2019\",\"url\":\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30656551/\",\"score\":0.78}]","thread_json":null,"topic":"colic-and-crying","view_count":0,"created_at":"2026-09-15T23:00:55.449Z"}