4 months of ebf

How long does your baby feed? Mine feed for 2-3mins max and sometimes 5mins. But while dream feed she feed for longer strech for 6-9mins. She used to feed for 5min max now its only 2-3min and she lost her weight by 30gram is it because of teething or is it normal?

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They usually nurse longer and more frequently when teething (nursing helps with the pain). Has she been getting very distracted while feeding? Is she acting normal?

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she puts her finger a lot and get distracted. She wants me to carry her around lost her interest on playing this days. She arch her back puff her chest idk what does that even mean besides getting gassy.

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is she gassy, though? Does she cry after or during eating?
When babies start becoming aware of their surroundings, they oftentimes get very fidgety and distracted while feeding. They tend to feed much better at night, as there are less distractions.
The fact that she has lost weight is not great, though.

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My boy has just turned 5 months but we've been this way for quite a while now. Was max 5 mins and now anywhere between 3-5 mins. If feeding in the night it's longer but that's just because he falls asleep and continues to suck but not actively, so probably not getting much extra milk. As long as the overall weight is stable then it's okay, just keep an eye on it as sometimes it drops but then picks up again.

My LO also chews his fingers (or mine!) after his feed which I much prefer rather than him chewing on my nipple 🙈 which is still does occasionally 🥲

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My little boy’s also got shorter around this age (and still are most of the time, especially during the day) - he’s 6 months now. It was definitely because he was getting distracted! I started taking him upstairs to the bedroom to feed him where there is no noise and I put the blinds down so it wasn’t as bright for him. His feeds are still shorter though.
Around this age he also started arching his back and crying if I put him in feeding position; then stopped most of the time when I sat him upright (he never arched his back, had colic or reflux before). I stopped trying to ‘force feed’ him during the day out of panic that he wasn’t feeding as much, and he hasn’t been arching his back as much since. He has been feeding more in the night though. Xx

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