My DS is now 12 weeks and I could really do with a bit of a sense check from others who are breastfeeding. If he was my first I would have given up by now, but grim determination and a few glasses of wine have kept me going .
I had him weighed yesterday and he had only gained 1lb in 4 weeks. He has been a nightmare to feed (compared to my DD who was always happy to feed and piled the weight on).
From about 6 weeks he started to scream at daytime feeds, which I think was down to oversupply. Now he is so distractable that he will latch on for a few minutes and then stop feeding and stare around the room (even though i am doing most feeds lying down in my bedroom with curtains shut). Last night and this afternoon, the only way I could get a decent amount of milk into him was literally to lay him on his back and go on all fours over him literally dangling my nipple into his mouth - don't laugh!
The only time he feeds really well is if I catch him immediately after a sleep (not always possible if he wakes whilst we are out) or in the night.
He is feeding approximately 6.30pm, 12am, 4am, 7am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, so 7 feeds a day, but maybe only 4 good feeds amoungst these - the rest he just bits and bobs on and off.
Does this sound normal? Should I be worried about his slowish weight gain over the last month? Any suggestions on how to improve things? (I am trying skin to skin at feed times).
Update (copied and pasted the above from yesterday). I got an ok amount of milk into him at bedtime (I think?), he then didn't wake as usual at 12am ish and DH eventually woke him for a bottle of EBM at 4am - when he took 3oz but this was very hard work according to DH. Since then (nearly 5 hours he has barely fed and is screaming again when I get my boob anywhere near him) . Any suggestions - should I be as worried as I am about all of this?
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Please help - really struggling with breastfeeding - worried about weight gain
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onehitwonder · 04/09/2009 08:44
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