Ok - I feel like I'm posting the opposite of most bf questions now but here goes...
DD (10 weeks today) hardly ever seems hungry. She is very small (was 7lb 8 at weigh in last week) and has only ever gained fairly small amounts (about 4 or 5 oz a week). Over the last few weeks She has really been cutting down on both the frequency and duration of feeds. I try to offer her a feed at least every 3 hours in the day but she really will not have it - sucking for less than a minute and then yanking off. I have tried burping her and putting her back on, I have tried swapping sides, I have tried letting faster letdown run out, I have tried breast compressions. All that works is settling her down, waiting until she's had some sleep and trying again.
A good feed in the day is 5 minutes each side. It often seems less than that. At night (once she has slept for at lleast 5 or 6 hours until about 4am) she will sslurp down for about 20 minutes. It sseems as though though this is her only ddecent feed in the day
The strange thing is, if i don;t offer, she will happily go over 3 hours in the day 'playing' and smiling, looking around and sleeping. She seems happiest at night to have a feed at about 8pm and then sleep until 4am.
She seems to get enough wet and dirty nappies and really is quite contented - she would just rather sleep than eat.
Has anyone else had a bf baby who seems determined to feed as little as possible?
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How can she not be hungry? : (
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mrsjuan · 24/07/2009 15:22
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