My 4wo DS is asking to be fed all the time. He latches, then pulls my boob out of his mouth and bounces around, then reattaches, then repeats again and again. Eventually he'll settle for a bit, and suck a bit then apparently doze off. This tends to happen when I'm sure there must be very little milk available. I think he's hacked off with me for not having enough food for him. Today he's spent most of the afternoon feeding. I'm tired out and my nipples are sore from all the pushing and shoving. I'm sure he's tired out as he'll rarely settle to nap in his cot. Sucking seems to be the only thing that calms him down at all, he spends the rest of the time screaming.
I don't know whether to give him some formula as a one-off, or if I should just let him stay on the boob. I'm happy to let him comfort suck a bit, but it's getting sore with the bouncing!
I don't actually know if he's really hungry or just tired, we've tried to settle him time and again and he won't nap for longer than about 30 mins.
I feel awful handing him over to DH when he's telling me he's hungry, but it's exhausting and sore.
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Roo31 · 30/05/2009 22:04
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