9 week old BF baby doesn't know when to stop!

[Chica31]

DD2 is 9 weeks old today, she doesn't seem to know when to stop when feeding. If I don't stop her eating she will carry on until she is sick. Why is this happening? DD1 ate until satisfied then stopped, I don't really understand what is going on.

The only thing I can think of is that she is getting loads of fore milk and not enough hind to satisfy her. This week I started to express milk as I went out for the evening, DH commented that it was very watery and when he used to feed DD1 with EBM he always saw a big layer of cream on the top which had seperated out in the fridge.

If this is the issue, how do I get my boobs to make hind milk??????? What is going on? Very confused.

We are very lucky and DD2 is a super relaxed baby and very rarely crys, but I have noticed she is much fussier in the afternoons and sleeps less and less as the day goes on. Is this because my milk gets worse and worse as the day progresses?

I always seem to have loads of milk, when I express I get 6oz generally no problem, plus DD2 is always being drowned with my fast let down.

She is gaining weight, but not loads and loads. She is very happy and active sat next to me cooing, smiling and kicking now!

Don't worry about the foremilk/hindmilk thing, there aren't really 2 different kinds of milk so you can't make more of one or the other. This explains it well.

If you're having problems with fast let-down and oversupply then you could try a different position to feed your DD2, that might help. There are some ideas here on how to deal with it.

If she's happy and active then it sounds like you're doing a great job! :)

Thanks, I do use differebt positions for over supply thanks.

More worried about over eating.

Feeding at moment and typing with obe hand.

Thanks, that kellymom article was interesting.

Does that mean though that my milk isnt high in fat as i have so much of it andf i am always "full"?

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I am confused about the different milk and why dd2 is eating until she is sick if I let her.

Thanks everyone

Is she putting on weight really really fast, or is it just the sick that makes you think there's a problem? Some babies are just sick, before a feed, after a feed, and in between - e.g., pretty much all the time! If it doesn't bother them, it's not a problem.

I know if I eat really really quickly I sometimes eat too much because my stomach doesn't recognise it's full when it is, if you get my drift.

Is she always sick if you leave her? Do you offer both sides? I know with my very sicky DD if she fed both sides she was always sick. So I only ever offered one. This meant she fed every 2 hours but worked better on the sick front. I think it's best not to try to schedual them though as they need to learn when there full. Remeber you can't overfeed a BF baby.

We are very lucky and DD2 is a super relaxed baby and very rarely crys, but I have noticed she is much fussier in the afternoons and sleeps less and less as the day goes on. Is this because my milk gets worse and worse as the day progresses?

This sounds like completly normal baby behaivour. They offten become fussier in the afternoons/evening. You may have just been lucky the first time round and not had a baby that did this.

Thanks for reassuring me.

No she is not sick all the time, just sometimes she really goes for it and eats and eats and eats and then demands more sometimes only an hour later. Then of course she is sick. Loads and loads of sick...

DD1 is now 22 months and was a super, super relaxed baby. Looking back we were amazingly lucky. From day 1 without me doing anything she went to the baby whisperer times. She is still a chilled out toddler than can be easily distracted from tantrums. My sister in law always says she is going to get her own back as a teenager and be really horrid. I hope not.

As a teacher I am always saying to parents, no you can't compare your children, they are all different blah, blah, blah. Now I'm doing it, STOP IT NOW chica!

Today I have gone with the flow, she has slept and eaten, played and cuddled as she wants and the day has been fab!

my DD was the same until about 4 months, they just comfort suck and if you have good supply this will happen. Make sure to burp her often and to keep her upright for 20-30min after feeding, but she might still suck until she is sick. They do learn to stop eventually, DD is 6 months now and I think for two months or so she pulls off as soon as she has had enough.

chica honestly, in that case I wouldn't worry about a thing. You are lucky to have such essentially content babies.

Thanks everyone