My EBF Lo is 4months old and she has been waking up more at night (every 2 hours) for her feeds. In the day time she can go 3-4 hours without eating. She also wouldn’t eat if she’s not hungry no matter how many times I try. They say make sure she gets more nursing time in the day but she just wouldn’t take in any more. I tried to nurse her less last night but then she woke up every hour hungry. I can’t find any really helpful advice online. If anyone has any hacks or suggestions please lmk
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Following! I’m going through the same thing.

Going through the same thing!! He maybe breastfeeds 3 times during the day but at night he’s up every hour. I offer it a lot during the day and he just refuses it. Hopefully it’s just a phase because of teething or a growth spurt or something!

I watched a vedio, they are board eating at the brest at this age, try getting her attion when she is feeding with a toy, and when she looks alway hid the toy, when she being g to eat well agian bring it back out for her to watch,
I also had to watch my baby eat if I look alway he will come off, if I make eye contact he will eat longer

Most likely the 4 month sleep regression.. :(
When my 4 month old started having this issue, I started feeding him some baby oatmeal. I just give it to him once a day and it fills him up more during the day so he’s been sleeping longer at night again.
My pediatrician also gave the go-ahead to start purées so I’ll prob start that next week and see how that goes

4 month sleep regression is pretty common to see more frequent night wakes that usually fade away on their own. It’s also a really common age to get distracted at the breast during day feeds, so a dark quiet room might help when possible.

Mine does the same thing and I try to feed during her naps in the morning. That's been working so far. She only feeds when she is sleepy. I let her get into a good deep sleep before I try to nurse her. She won't nurse when she is awake.
mine also feeds when she’s sleepy too! It’s the weirdest thing, she will be hungry but wouldn’t eat until unless she’s sleeping

Yes. Same. It's tough because it becomes a vicious cycle where she can't sleep cuz she's hungry And she won't drink unless she's asleep. So it's been tricky to make sure she falls asleep for feeding time. I have just stopped forcing her when she's awake and feed her when she's sleeping almost always.