Help - anyone recognise this behaviour and can reassure me please?

[Zimm]

Hi all,

DD is 9 weeks and EBF. Her excellent routine of going to bed at 9ish and sleeping for 7 hours (I know i am lucky) was disrupted last night as she woke up at 11.30pm for a feed, which sadly took us ages to do as I had had some wine so I had to defrost EBM. She finally went back down around 1 and woke at 7. Today, with the exception of her 7am feed she has been feeding for periods of 5-10 minutes and then falling asleep, only to wake 15 minute later and demand more food. I was worried she was too weak to suck but this isn't the case as she is self-waking for food and won't nap if we put her down or in buggy. She has been having wet nappies all day so she must be getting some milk - is she tired and out of sorts today? i am getting worried and frustrated.

Thanks

Zimm

Zimm - sounds like she is a bit tired and out of sorts, just as you say.

There are no signs of her being ill or weak - sometimes babies do have a 'frenzy' of a day when they need to feed a lot and to have the closeness and comfort that comes with it.

BTW - there is no real need to avoid direct bf just 'cos you have had a drink of wine, you know. Search alcohol and breastfeeding on Mumsnet - what a faff to get out the EBM!! It's personal choice, of course, but honestly, it's not needed.

Thanks tictok - she has just had her usual evening cluster feed so I do feel like she got a decent meal in then, I'll search alcohol as you suggest as i thought I had to wait 2 hours...

The body processes alcohol at the rate of about 1-2 hours per unit. But the amount of alcohol that reaches the breastmilk is very small indeed....you might choose to wait until every microgram is processed, or you could be more pragmatic about it. Up to you.

Zimm I aim to have a drink 2 hours before she feeds but if it don't happen, it doesn't happen and I feed her directly . She has some kind of radar that detects when I'm half way through a drink and picks that moment to disrupt her routine.

If I'm having more than one (I think this happened once or twice), I judge it by how I feel. If I feel tipsy then I don't feed her.