It would be interesting to see how the baby does with expressed milk in a 
bottle. I had a friend who had a baby with tracheomalacia who experienced 
everything you are describing. She actually ended up weaning because the 
feedings were so fraught, with the baby choking, crying and and experiencing 
stridor during feedings. She found  that the baby seemed to do better with a 
bottle and that he was able to relax and breath better during feedings. I am 
not trying to diagnose this baby that you are discussing, because obviously 
only a specialist can do that, but it might be interesting to see if the baby 
feeds more comfortably from a bottle, since he has not had any relaxed 
feedings yet and  is actually turning blue.
Kathy Lilleskov RN IBCLC

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