Weaning screaming - why??

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DS (6 months) started weaning last week. It was all going great and he was really into it until he got constipated and we had a very miserable few days. (I think he had been having too much too soon so since then I have reduced portion sizes). After 4 mahoosive poo's he's back to his happy self apart from after mealtimes.

Basically he is eating his food happily (but only when he has a spoon in his hand ) but towards the end he just starts crying and being really miserable until I pick him up. Today he was desperate to BF straight after eating which suggests to me he is in some form of pain (I offered him EBM from a cup which he usually drinks but he wanted the breast)?

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it his body getting used to food? If he was unhappy eating I would stop but he is happy whilst eating its just the after effect. What could this be? What should I do?

Thanks.

could he just be finding the whole thing very stimulating and suddenly it gets too much for him? I have a 5 month old DD and she is a very happy, placid little baby unlike her older brother who as a baby was quite high need. its always very odd when she cries because its rare she does it - it makes whatever she is reacting to seem so much worse. Also is he hungry when you are giving him solids? maybe he needs a bf first?

Does he need winding? This happened to my DS, just went berserk after a feed. Then someone suggusted that I wind him, and it was fine.

Thanks for replies.

jammie I have been feeding him after a BF so I don't think he's starving.

bike I think it could be this but it must be really bad wind as he screams like he's in agony, and for such a happy baby usually its horrid. How did you wind your DS when he was in the highchair? Also the screaming lasts for quite a while after feeding even when he has burped?

After today's lunch where he screamed throughout, despite desperately trying to bite my hand off eating a dried apricot, I have decided to stop for a couple of weeks and then try again. Although this afternoon when I was eating rice cakes while holding him he grabbed them and started eating but everytime he dropped one he screamed. After I took the last one away he then screamed for about 15 mins until he did a big burp and sicked up the rice cake. I am so confused as to whether to carry on or stop. He seems to want to eat but its causing him so much pain.

Sorry for the essay, I just feel really lost with it.

How frustrating for you. It's hard when you do BLW because all the meal times are meant to be relaxed and happy but you don't feel that way.

My DS is also 6 months and BLW and I find he often ends his meals crying which is usually just because I haven't got him out of the high chair quickly enough once he's finished. He has been through a phase of crying every time he dropped food or couldn't manage it though (I'm talking big screeching tantrums for 15 mins wiht sobs afterwards all becuase he dropped a piece of cucumber he was holding) but I just went with it and kept offering him meals when I ate (with him on my lap or in his high chair) and he has been much better recently. Do you think it could be frustration?

Sorry you're having a hard time. Most important thing is to be relaxed about it though so if you feel he isn't ready then maybe best to leave it a few days then try again.

maisie after thinking its the pain and reflux, which I do still think is an issue, I am getting the impression he is also frustrated by it all. I don't know if you saw my other post here but the ready brek thing is going ok, although he still cries/screams a little - I found distracting him with silly songs worked today.

As always, its a lot of trial and error with these LO's!!

I agree it's probably wind. My dd does this too and she's now nearly 8 months. It only happens very occassionaly now but when we first started at 6 months it happened nearly all the time. I have always just abandoned her meal and carried her around upright until she was feeling better. Not quite the point of blw but she screams so much it's just not worth persevering!

Thanks for the reassurance anchovies I hope it will stop one day!! Today went well with no tears/crying/screaming at all! I shall be pleased with my one day victory for now (and now I've said that I bet he'll wake at 3am screaming instead!)

I take him out of the highcahir and burp him. I then see if he wants to go back in and carrying on eating. Sometimes he does, sometimes not.