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Infant feeding

Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.

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2 week old breastfed baby

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sjbarbs · 27/03/2010 15:39

Hi
I am new to motherhood and breastfeeding and finding the feeding very difficult. I have had lots of conflicting advice - demand feed as she dictates and the other wake her 2-3 hourly. The only thing is by the time the feed finishes and she settled we are off again. This am has been a little better, fed a 6am, 9am, but then has been on and off the breast since midday and has just gone down - am I miss reading her or is this what they call cluster feeding? She is giving me lots of wet and dirty nappies and does appear to have wind (drawing knees up) but doesnt part with it easily, I have started infacol. Any advice would be gratefully received x

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sjbarbs · 29/03/2010 10:48

That is with the little tinker sleeping in bed with me. I think i maybe misreading her sometimes and she is not hungry!!

Im sure I will get there, i know i am not the only one in this position so hopefully we can all support each other nd get through the next few weeks xx

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sjbarbs · 29/03/2010 17:28

Just when you think you cant take anymore, my angel slept 3hrs between am feeds and so far 3.5 hrs between pm feed!! The duvet day looks like it is over for now!! Hope you are all going well.

One thing is cerys does not like her moses basket anyone else having the same prob, she will sleep on my chest or bed no probs, put her in the moses basket and she wakes within minutes screaming!! xx

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mad4mainecoons · 29/03/2010 19:52

Yay! so pleased you got some rest today

i did too so we did make it through the cluster feeding! lets just keep this in mind for when the little tinkers decide to do it all over again.x

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sjbarbs · 29/03/2010 19:58

Well done to us!!!
Things can only get better xxx

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winnybella · 29/03/2010 20:05

You're doing great sj.
Baby not liking the moses basket- well, all babies prefer to stay with their mummies early on. I think I spent first six weeks either holding dd or feeding her or co-sleeping. It's hard but it gets much easier later on.

louii · 29/03/2010 20:06

As my second time breastfeeding my advice is give yourself a break and use a dummy, both my children were just sucky babies.

I breastfed DS for nearly 2 years and am currently feeding my 7 week old, the best dummies i found are NUK ones, good shape.

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sjbarbs · 29/03/2010 20:09

Tried a dummy today , held it for ages she had a good sukle, thought i would pop it in after every feed til she gets used to it! I will have a look at the NUK ones i havve got the tommee tippee newborn ones. Any tips on persuading babe to take dummy? x

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louii · 29/03/2010 20:12

Just keep shoving it in there,lol, try a few different ones, Nuk were the only ones DS would take, so just stuck with them for the newbie

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sjbarbs · 29/03/2010 20:16

cheers this is fab support better than hv or midwife support. xx

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Sonilaa · 30/03/2010 09:21

you can wear a tshirt for a day so that it takes your smell and put it in the basket with baby.

slhilly · 30/03/2010 10:32

It's incredibly tough to do -- it's amazing that you're doing it, and in the immortal words of Tesco: Every little helps...

Cues: kellymom has a good page on this:
www.kellymom.com/bf/start/basics/hunger-cues.html

Every baby has their own set of signals, which changes over time, of course. If you can spot the early cues and respond to them, then that has a double advantage: firstly, the baby doesn't cry for that particular feed; secondly, you're not training them to go straight to crying as the only effective cue.

sheeplikessleep · 30/03/2010 12:16

Can I join?
DS2 is 3 weeks old and feeding a lot, pretty much awake from 11.30 until 3.30 this morning and then the day started at 5.3o when DS1 woke.
Anyway, my query is that DS2 is very windy and I am finding it hard to distinguish windy cries from hunger cries? He seems to root for both, but obviously I don't want to be putting more milk on top of wind. He's gaining weight quickly - 6lbs7 at birth, 7lbs11 two weeks later.
Any help to understand bubs cries very much appreciated!!! Thanks

tiktok · 30/03/2010 12:21

Just feed him, sheep....how does anyone distinguish wind cries from hunger cries? Babies cry. Often, a cuddle with a breast puts things right. Nothing wrong with that How would bf make wind worse? I know people say this- it's a powerful idea. But I don't see the logic in it.

sheeplikessleep · 30/03/2010 13:48

Thanks for posting tiktok. I am feeding him a lot and do always breastfeed as the first thing when he cries. Just when he is windy, he sicks up when he burps, that I'm concerned I'm not winding him enough (and he is distressed when he is windy), but rather just feeding as it's easier. He never refuses milk either, as I know some babies don't feed when they are windy.

sheeplikessleep · 30/03/2010 13:49

Plus, he gulps milk quite a bit - I can hear the air moving in him as he feeds.

angfirsttimer · 30/03/2010 20:43

I have exactly the same thing sheep. Mine rarely burps when winded and I am worried that he is rooting because of wind. He has put on a load of weight in two weeks and has a tubby belly. Is it possible to overfeed them?
This thread is keeping me sane please keep posting oh wise bf mnetters!

tiktok · 30/03/2010 20:53

Tubby bellies in babies are fantastic - that is the shape babies are meant to be.

No, it is not possible to over-feed a breastfed baby. Babies decide for themselves how much to take and if it's sometimes a bit too much, they posset/burp it out.

Sheep - air moving in, and down, the baby is normal, and of course you will hear it.

We are obsessed with winding and burping in this country. It is a cultural thing and other countries are not as focussed on it. If babies need to burp/fart, they will generally do so. They don't need to be jiggled, patted, stroked, massaged or anything - the air will usually emerge. Babies root because they like to suckle and this is their natural way of expressing this need. Just feed 'em

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sjbarbs · 31/03/2010 09:27

Well done evrone - keep the posts it is really helping me. I am going to venture out to a brestfeeding group todsy to see what tips I can pick up. I thik we have hit a settled (ish) period, my angel fed 3hourly yday with a feast before bed then 2.5 and 3 hourly overnight. I feel almost human today as had about 5hrs sleep!!!! xx

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allbie · 31/03/2010 12:38

Amber flower, I wasn't being literal about not having your own time for six months. It was merely an observation that having bf 4 babies by six months things were really quite settled and that if you relax into knowing you don't have to have it right in the first week, you'll be less hard on yourself. It's all very individual and some people don't always find it easy.

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