Breastfeeding

My lb is 10 weeks old and lately he doesn't seem satisfied or full after feeding off both breasts during the day. The late night/5am feeds he seems happy as my boob's seem more full but throughout the day it's like he can't get enough and doesn't settle well. Pumping has become a thing of the past as if I pump while he's asleep he will wake and cry for milk. He's had an odd bottle of ready mixed formula on a weekend if we're out and can't settle him. Looking for any advice on whether anyone else's lo's have started doing this or whether I should consider combi feeding. So stressed out the last week/two weeks with this! 😪

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Ours is the same! My breastfeeding consultant says it can be normal at this age and so we are just persisting and find when she starts fussing we bring her off and if she’s full she is easily distracted with a toy or play 😌

I’m finding the same thing! I was worried my supply was too low for him but then I used a haaka pump and got loads out so that’s defs not the issue! I think they are going through a growth spurt plus they are preparing our bodies to produce more milk for the coming weeks. I find that if I switch between boobs during feeds with little pauses in between to burp him or distract him eventually he relaxes and seems satisfied. And like Ellen said, sometimes I find that he’s actually happy and full once once I’ve taken him off and distracted him, even when he was fussing like crazy on my boob just a minute earlier. That works especially well if you can hand him to someone else to distract him!

My health visitor said that he's not due a growth spurt until 4 months so I've been thinking it's due to a low supply 🤦🏼‍♀️ good to know my boy isn't the only one though!
My little one hates being pulled off to burp. I think he's a little impatient and loves to gulp down milk 😅
I've offered him both boob's during feeds but maybe I'll try putting him back onto the first boob to see if he can get anymore if he's still not satisfied. I'll be looking forward to seeing the back of this stage!

We’ve just came through the other side of this. He’s 11weeks and for about 1.5wks he wanted feeding all the time both breasts and frequently for a longer period of time. He’s now back to his usual schedule 😁

Wow I’m going through EXACTLY the same thing at the moment with my LB who is 11 weeks!! He literally never seems satisfied & I was thinking it was a low milk supply issue too, which I’ve never had a problem with.
Was going to go out tomorrow to get some formula, as I don’t know what else to do.
So reassuring to know others are going through the same thing!

Such a relief to see other mums commenting with the same experience 😌 I can't wait to get through the other side of this as I've been so close to giving up with breastfeeding 🥲

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

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