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Infant feeding

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14 month seems dissatisfied by bf...

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CityDweller · 29/06/2014 21:13

I don't know if anyone can really answer this, but it's making me sad as I want to carry on bf DD (now 14.5 mo) for as long as she wants, but recently (last two or three weeks) she seems really dissatisfied with her bfs (she feeds morning and bedtime).

It's worse at the morning feed, but the same thing happens at bedtime too if she's overtired - she'll do shortish feeds on both sides, come off and be really whiny. I then have to switch her from side to side with quite high frequency (sometimes something like 5 times each side, about a minute each side), with her coming off voluntarily from each side but then really complaining. Sometimes she'll eventually be satisfied, but often we have to distract her and do something completely different. Sometimes she'll take a big chug of water from her sippy cup afterwards.

What's going on? Does she want/ need more milk than she's getting? I thought it was all supply-and-demand by now, so surely if she's demanding more (especially by changing sides quickly and often) then my supply should be matching that?

She definitely asks for a bf morning and bedtime, so it's not a case of me offering her something she doesn't want. Or is this a sign that she's self-weaning? Anyone else experienced this with their toddler?

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AndIFeedEmGunpowder · 30/06/2014 08:56

You couldn't be pregnant, could you?

BertieBotts · 30/06/2014 09:03

I think it's just that at 14 months they don't get their hunger satiated any more. I would try giving her a snack before bed and in the morning maybe go down for breakfast first with BF afterwards if she wants to.

CityDweller · 30/06/2014 14:39

Ha ha AndIFeed, not unless it's the immaculate conception! Although my periods did start up again about 6 weeks ago, finally, so I'm wondering if that has something to do with it?

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CityDweller · 30/06/2014 14:43

Yes Bertie those are good ideas. I was thinking of giving her a cup of cows milk before her bath, in part as I'm quite keen to wean her off the bedtime feed anyway and it would avoid the situation we have on days she's been with the childminder - she's so knackered she falls asleep on the boob and then gets so upset when she wakes up and has to get into bed, etc etc. Mornings we all rather love the hanging out in bed for 45 minutes before coming downstairs. But, again, I could try giving her cows milk upstairs when she starts whining.

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AndIFeedEmGunpowder · 01/07/2014 02:38

Grin just checking! I think periods coming back can make them fussy too.

leedy · 01/07/2014 15:07

Periods coming back can definitely make them fussy. I remember an irate DS1 looking up from the boob and going "MAMA. DIS MILK BROKEN."

AndIFeedEmGunpowder · 01/07/2014 19:18

Leedy Grin

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