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Losing the plot with night time feeding

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fruitstick · 18/05/2009 09:02

My DS is 12 weeks old and exclusively breastfed. He had some initial infections and illnesses and was slow to gain weight (born on 75th, dropped below 25th and now back up to 50th).

I'm confident my supply is fine but he seems to want to feed ALL the time in the evenings and through the night. I was happy to go with the flow initially but I really am losing the plot now. Am so tired (also have a 3 year old who has decided to wake a couple of times a night now too) and am sure he should have settled down into a feeding pattern by now. I don't mind him waking once in the night to be fed but last night I fed him a 6:30 (pm) 9pm 2am 3am, then he was awake happily until 5 and 7:30. I feed him lying in my bed but I'm suspecting he's not hungry at all (now he's started rejecting his dummy, just wants breast).

If my supply really is the problem in the evenings (given I am having no sleep) I don't want to give him formula as that will surely worsen the problem. I'm so tired I can't think straight and can't begin to work out what is hunger, what is tiredness/comfort and what is just me wanting him to stop crying!

Help!

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fishie · 18/05/2009 09:05

fruitstick oh the horrors of a growth spurt. how long has it been going on?

fruitstick · 18/05/2009 09:08

About 10 days!! I was happy to put it down to growth spurt initially but this is getting ridiculous!

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fruitstick · 18/05/2009 09:56

bump

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fruitstick · 18/05/2009 17:32

still bumping, before it all begins again .............

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WoTmania · 18/05/2009 18:44

could you cosleep? With DD, 13wks, we cosleep and when she's in a growth spurt I tend to go top bed at around 8 too so that I get a little more rest, if not sleep.
HTH

fruitstick · 18/05/2009 18:58

I do co-sleep but the night wakings seem to be getting worse as it's so much easier to immediately feed him

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Mybox · 18/05/2009 19:05

bf on demand, keep co-sleeping & you'll get through this. It's hard work & you must be really tired out. Be kind to yourself and it will pass. Best wishes xx

WoTmania · 18/05/2009 19:10

Cluster feeding is still normal in the evenings (as DD is proving right now).
I'm also sorry to tell you that that amount of waking was quite typical of how much DSs used to feed and (I think) DD but I don't really wake to feed her.
It's tough when you have other children too though.
I think I would just go with the flow and try and get early nights so you get more sleep around feeds IYSWIM. Easier said than done sometimes I appreciate

WoTmania · 18/05/2009 19:12

don't reaaly wake when I feed her

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