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Please advise re bf 6 month old

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gluttom · 04/04/2012 14:34

Dd is 6 mths ( on sun) and feeding very angrily pulling on and off and wanting both sides swapping after only 5 mins. She is having a little play with food (blw) and putting on heaps of weight ( maybe too much! 7.9 kg) she wants feeding a lot - every 2.5 hrs. She is dc3 but I started ff dc1 and 2 around this age. Maybe I need to leave longer gaps between feeds and spoon her some purée - might stop her becoming a milk ball! I'm so unsure as to why she is so frustrated when feeding if she is clearly getting plenty!!

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MigGril · 04/04/2012 15:40

Feeding that often is quit within normal for a baby of her age so no worries there.

As for the fussing at the breast you may want to have a look hear to see if anything fits. Could just be a growth spurt or developmental phase. Remeber you can't overfeed a breastfed baby so no need to go spacing out feeds, you'll probably just make her cross and even more frustrated.

kellymom.com/bf/concerns/child/fussy-while-nursing/

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