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constant feeding in evening

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2labs · 05/09/2006 12:54

I am posting so many questions at the moment but am feeling especially clueless!

ds (4 wks) is feeding every couple of hours during the day, but evenings he has always done what I understand from the kellymom site to be 'cluster feeding'. I'm used to that now but last night was ridiculous... he was at the breast almost constantly (mostly proper feeding - jaw working and swallowing) from 7.30 till 12.30 when I finally put a stop to it and for the first time since getting out of hospital gave him a bottle of formula, which he guzzled hungrily then finally went to sleep. Felt v bad about that but was totally exhausted (see my colic thread...) and just couldn't do it any more. Each time he'd finally go to sleep on the breast and I took him off he was awake and crying for more a minute later. I know he's getting plenty of milk from me as he put on over a pound in the last 11 days exclusively on breastmilk. What is going on?

OP posts:
3andnomore · 07/09/2006 14:08

tiktok...think I have been thinking of tictac when spelling your name there, lol!

yellowrose · 07/09/2006 15:12

3andnomore and donna - no hard feelings we all just cross-posted I think {smile]

yellowrose · 07/09/2006 15:12
Smile
tiktok · 07/09/2006 15:31

3and - 'c' or 'k', I know you mean me

And when I said 'all the milk is good stuff' I was sorta talking to the 'wider audience' really. I get calls from mothers who talk about 'just' foremilk as if it was like water !!!

3andnomore · 07/09/2006 16:19

yeah YR....definately not gonna fall out about something like thisTo get ones wires crossed is sooo easy in cyberworld!
lol at Tiktok...know what ya mean

lizylou · 07/09/2006 18:02

2labs my dd also cluster feeds in the evenings and has done from the first week. She is now coming up 8 weeks. At first this used to get me down as she was on my boob constantly from 5 ish until she went down anywhere between 8.30pm and 11pm. As she has got older, though this is still her main feeding period she will usually be content with 1/2 hour on 1/2 hour off. This fuelling up during the evenings has eventually translated into sleeping for longer periods when she finally goes down. Last night she fed from 5-8.30 and slept through to 5am = happy mummy. I guess maybe at some point your baby's evening feeding frenzy may mean you need to feed less during the night

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