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Is it normal to never notice growth spurts?

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BudapestMummy · 12/05/2011 11:43

My DD is 16 weeks old - prime growth spurt territory I'm told. However, I have never noticed a growth spurt. She is EBF and has always fed the same. She is now on 7 feeds a day (down from around 8/9 when newborn til around 8 weeks), and quite often refuses or only takes a tiny amount when I try to feed her at around 5 pm ish. She is also a "happy chucker" reflux baby so a lot of what she takes in comes straight back up! Is this normal?

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BooJonesMummy · 12/05/2011 12:26

My daughter never had these erratic feeding and growing phases. I never notice her getting taller or hungrier. We just go with the flow. I only notice she's bigger when trousers are too small or I'm looking at an older picture of her when she was smaller.

A bit of milky sick is pretty normal aslong as she's gaining weight I wouldn't worry. My daughter would bring up a little after every feed and sometimes it would seem like I was feeding her 6 oz and 6oz was just coming straight back but my HV reassured me that it was perfectly ok aslong as she was gaining weight. She did advise me to wind her half way through a feed and to feed her more feeds but with less in them but this was when she was much older.

flaurenoko · 12/05/2011 21:36

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naturalbaby · 12/05/2011 21:46

i didn't know about growth spurts with ds1. i ebf on demand and only realised what was going on at 4months after a really bad patch that lasted over a month - it took me a while longer to realise what it was! i only noticed with my other babies cause i read up on it and was expecting it. they didn't quite fit the usual patterns though and the extra feeding went on for a week each time rather than the suggested few days.

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