She is generally unsettled too because she isn't sleeping , she can't seem to settle its like she's always hungry-or maybe its the comfort she's after?
She was up so much last night I barely slept-she must've fad six-seven times between 11 and half 6. Help?! Teeth? growth spurt? way too early to introduce solids isn't it?
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used2bthin · 06/11/2012 14:49
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TroubleAndFyfe ·
06/11/2012 19:25
My boy did this at 20 weeks too, he had always fed frequently during the day but had done the 10-3 at night then every 3 hours. I put it down to the '4 month sleep regression' unfortunately it lasted until he was 7 months so presumably joined up with the '6 month sleep regression' 
Maybe not much help but what I'm trying to say is that I think it is normal!
Also, regardless of what people say, weaning early is highly unlikely to help with sleep. There are so many advantages for your baby if you wait until six months. 
used2bthin ·
06/11/2012 19:33
Thanks for replies. See I feel like she has only just had a growth spurt! But it must be that I think.
at 7 months!!I keep thinking just another month and a half till I can introduce solids and I may at that point give her one bottle of formula a day too. But I will keep soldiering on with the night times, just wish she'd settle when she's asleep as she seems to spend a lot of time moaning in her sleep too. So tired! Oh and she had stopped but is now feeding again.
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maldivemoment ·
07/11/2012 21:26
I'm back...
Where was I? Ah yes...constant, relentless feeding of a seemingly never content baby!
I have convinced myself that our little one has either tongue tie or silent reflux. Last week I was certain it was TT, this week I"m now sure it's silent reflux! (oh and this is not a neurotic first time mum. This is baby No. 2 for me!)
My story sound very similar to yours and a few weeks ago I hit the wall, so to speak, in terms of frustration, low mood and all-consuming exhaustion (my lovely family swooped in at this point to help out which made me cry!).
At the time I was feeling very isolated because all I seemed to be hearing were stories of smiling, contented babies who were all beginning to sleep for longer stretches - cut to me and I felt like an emotional wreck with a baby who never sleeps longer than 2ish hours at night, NEVER sleeps more than 5 mins during the day, would happily be attached to my boobs for 24 hours, cries often (if one more person asked me if she was hungry I would have ripped my own ears off!) bla, bla bla - you get the picture.
At the end of my tether I went to GP with a checklist of her symptoms (if I hadn't written them down I would prob just have said "well, she's just unsettled..." and looked like a complete t*t!). GP was extremely understanding and has made a referral to paediatrician.
Of course pretty much the next day, and ever since, all I seem to be hearing from other Mums is 'normal, normal, normal' which I find extremely reassuring. Popped along to local BF group too and the Health Visitor and BF co-ordinator both told me that this is always a tricky period with breastfed babies and in the 'olden days' i.e. when I was a baby, this is the reason we were weaned around the 4 month mark - cos babies were generally unsettled, everyone thought they were hungry and the solution was thought to be solids. On sharing my tales of woe with a friend a complete stranger overheard and also pipped in saying that her little one went through exactly the same, it was a horrendous period (cue nodding from me) and that it lasted about 6 weeks (cue this look from me!) but it passed.
Gosh, this has turned into a rather epic way of saying, you are not alone, I've been told it's normal and it will pass (if it doesn't I think I'll shoot myself!)
We can do it...hang in there...
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