Baby not feeding much during the day ... but every 2 hours at night

[bumbleweed]

Hi could any one advise please, as finding it really difficult to sustain 2 hourly b-feeding at night with a 5 month old, I thought it was just a growth spurt but its been 2 weeks now. If she needs the milk obviously I want her to have it ... but I am really tired.

I think the problem may be that she is too distracted to feed properly during the day - she feeds for really short periods of time now during the day, and is very restless - thrashing around and tugging on nipple etc

Do I need to be expressing during the day to keep my supply up - I have read this on other threads I think?

at the risk of bring shouted at - do you think your lo is fussier with her daytime feeds because she has filled herself up at the night feeds and is just not hungry. Could you try missing even one nighttime feed to see if that improves your lo's daytime feeding.

Just a suggestion anyway!!

you prob won't have to give calpol all the time, just likely a bad episode of it. iirc, when dd was acting that way, I would walk around with her and shush a bit and try not to stress myself. you won't have to give calpol all the time.

repeat to yourself, i am doing fine! Look at your gorgeous baby and try to comprehend the miracle that only you have fed that baby since conception.

hi seona - yes its possible ... just nervous about not feeding her and then her crying ...

Bumbleweed - when you try to feed her during the day is it because she's crying to be fed or just that you think she should be hungry (which is what I often did and boy did it ever not work!)
I think it'll eventually even itself out. Unfortunately until then it's tiring and hard.
ANd if you let her cry at night you're just going to be getting less sleep!!

purplemonkey - I either feed when she cries and grabs my top, or tries to eat someone else's boobs, or sometimes we're going out and she needs to be fed before rather than during IYKWIM.

Thanks for the supportive words though - I hope I can work through it as had planned to continue bf for another 6 months!