My dd is 5 weeks 2mrw she was 9lbs 8oz at birth and bf on demand since birth she has been gaining weight well she went down to 8lbs10 after the first few days then each time she has been weighed she has gained she was weighed on tues and is now 11lbs hv says she looks great her nappies are yellow and wet poo everytime i change her
I have been really happy how easy i have found bf itself this time round she latches on well i feel comfertable everything seemed to be going well then last week she started screaming constantly and if she wasnt screaming she was sleeping or attatched to me this has gone on for the whole week and has started to settle a little now so i thought it may have been a growth spurt everyone talks about.
problem now is she feeds for 10 min at a time (always has) then i wind her then she wants on again and she gulps like the flow is too fast so i take her off and let the milk flow off into a towel then put her back on she will seem happier and feed more then she will cry come off i wind her she will do this over and over still on the first breast she will cry and root for more so i feed her more then she throws up mega projectile (sp)out her nose etc and calm down for 10 mins then want to do it all over again im at my wits end i feel so bad when she throws up so much,if she goes onto second breast she has mountains of sick so i dont offer it now.
Is it overfeeding? how do i stop it? she never seems satisfied she has only ever once fell asleep at the breast (during the day).I have tried to introduce a dummy to soothe her but she wont take it and when she does she will either gag or suck it like she is starving then spit it out and scream, she co-sleeps with us and nights are fine she feeds and drops back off no problem. i have told this to hv but she says its ok and im just producing a lot of milk as long as baby has plenty wet and dry nappies and gaining weight all is ok but it sure doesnt feel ok!