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Help 9 week old breastfeeding constantly

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laulou82 · 08/04/2018 07:29

Help needed! I've been exclusively breastfeeding my 9 week old baby since birth but she seems to feed little and often almost every hour. She doesn't sleep during the day unless in my arms and only sleeps about 3 hours at night then won't go back in her moses basket. She poos after every feed more or less too but putting on lots of weight. My husband now wants to give her formula as we aren't getting any sleep and she cries when we go out or do anything. I can understand how he's feeling but I also want to carry on breastfeeding as its meant to be so good for them :-( she's started sucking her fists a lot lately too so now my husband is saying she's not full on breastmilk etc (and starting to wind me up) sorry for long post just not sure what to do!

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laulou82 · 10/04/2018 14:19

Thank you so much everyone for your comments and reassurance. I will continue as I am, at least I know my little one is getting the best I can give her Smile

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Sleeplikeasloth · 10/04/2018 14:40

I've never heard of it being a hungry cue (I may be wrong).
It's quite a well known hunger cue. My daughter always put her fists in her mouth when due a feed.

EekThreek · 11/04/2018 13:44

As if on cue... DD2 has just starting punching herself in the face trying to ram her fists in her mouth whenever she's hungry! 10wo today...

Feeding like a demon - worse than a week ago. Can't work her out at all at the moment, she's not in a leap or a growth spurt, so I have no earthly idea what's she's doing Confused

Sleeplikeasloth · 11/04/2018 15:22

How do you know she's not in a leap or growth spurt?

laulou82 · 11/04/2018 15:42

Oh no EekThreek! Could maybe still be a growth spurt or leap as after reading more about it, every child varies with those. My LO had her first injections today bless her so she's all over the place even more, given her some calpol and she's fallen asleep on me but just gonna leave her there and let her sleep seeing as she's probably feeling a bit grotty :-(

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