Daytime fussing... Please help

[flyingcloud]

Five weeks in and sruggling,

From about 12pm/1pm every day dd will feed and fuss non stop for five or six hours. She get a good let down, drinks well, and then pulls off the breast looking satisfied. Five mins later she looks for more, she repeats this for about an hour when she starts to get More and more fussy, pulling off, crying, squirming, kicking. She keeps rooting for the breast and if I offer it again ahe falls back on it only to feed , pull off, crying.

I can't get out, I cant do anything, she is so distressed right now. Winding offers minor relief.

At first I thought this was normal cluster feeding but it can't be normal for her to be this distressed during the day? Nightimes are good, she cluster feeds (contentedly) from 6pm to 9pm, goes down and does 3 hourly though the night, settling well each time. Mornings she feeds quickly and efficiently.

Output and weight gain are good but my days are hell and getting worse. Yesterdays walk in the sunshine was a nightmare as she just couldn't settle.

It can be normal, nothing you have said is outside the realmes of normal at this age.
Do you offer the other side when she comes off?

Could she be overtired and needing a nap. Have you tried a sling at all.
Do you have a local BF drop in group you could go to and have a chat get out the house.

Have you read this
www.kellymom.com/bf/normal/newborn-nursing.html#afterweek1

Some baby's take a little longer then other to settal down, but things will get better and this phase will pass.

She might be tired and trying to sleep. Try popping her in a sling and going for a walk - much better than prams for tiny babies especially when fussy. They'll be happy snuggled up and you have free hands too.

Ok, have been a bit silly and consulted google and have a nagging, neurotic suspicion that she has silent reflux.

Her fussiness / pulling off the breast but constant desire to nurse added to bad breath and drooling fitmsome symptoms. She is definely distressed for a lot of the day (and this evening).

Thanks for your replies btw.

Have a read hear to you mite find some this fits

www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/baby/index.html

Dd and ds had silent reflux. But you should rule out tiredness first because it can be mistaken for other things.

With ds it took longer to work it out as he was my first and I wasn't sure.

With dd I knew quite quickly because at night when waking for feeds she'd still be unhappy even though she'd go to sleep again quickly. She would dry heave a lot and you'd hear the acid coming up then down as she swallowed and cried. She also does wet burps and grimaces as stuff came up much later after feeds.

By the way, with ds I too had the nagging feeling which wasn't confirmed until one morning acid came out of his nose and made him catch his breathe