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Infant feeding

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boob rejection stress

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deaconblue · 01/10/2006 21:49

Ds is five and a half months old and I've recently replaced two of his five feeds with bottles of formula (he refused bottles until then) but now he seems disinterested in his breast feeds. Also, the last three nights he's projectile vomited his bedtime breast feed so ends up waking in the early hours hungry. Do you think the puking is because he's getting used to bottles and his tummy isn't coping with the breast milk? Don't want to give up the bottles as it's taken me so long to get him to take them and don't get on particularly well with expressing.

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mamamaaargh · 02/10/2006 02:48

I think it would be strange if his tummy was rejecting the breastmilk if he's always had it, but I have no experience of that. My ds went on nursing strike for a week but at 9 months. I thought he was weaning himself and really cut back to a couple of feeds a day. Then he went back to his usual schedule, taking a bottle once a day a bf the rest of the time. Maybe it's something similar with your ds? Can you call HV to see what they say?

tiktok · 02/10/2006 09:50

Shopping - his tummy will cope just fine with breastmilk. I don't know why he is vomitting - is there some other reason, for example, is he having solid foods that aren't agreeing with him? Or is he having a lot of formula before the breastfeed?

Two breastfeeds in 24 hours may not be enough to keep up your supply with a baby of this age. He may be losing interest because of a dwindling supply. Is it possible for you to increase his breastfeeding opportunities, and then wind down more gradually?

Hope things are better soon.

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