EBF baby clusterfeeds to point of vomit- anyone else experienced this?

My EBF baby (7 weeks) doesn't reflux at all in the day or in overnight feeds. Then every few days when she cluster feeds in the evening she does a huge reflux that covers us both. It feels like she's overeating but because she's EBF it's hard to work out why this happens some evenings and not others when she still cluster feeds most nights. I'm aware I have quite a lot of milk so I don't know if this is contributing to issue.. anyone else had similar?

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Following - this happens to me too when milk production is high at night and early morning and he somehow seems more agitated that there’s a lot of milk coming and eats more erratically too

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Mine vomits every morning at 5am after a ‘bad’ feed or when I feel like she has too much, but if I don’t feed her she cries. So no answers but in a similar position. Keep being told you can’t over feed them but it feels like she eats too much and is sick

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I think ours has done this when he’s actually tired rather than hungry. Comfort sucking which then leads to taking too much and being sick. His hasn’t been as much sick as you’ve described though

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do you ignore the feeding for a few minutes and see if they go to sleep instead when you suspect it’s for comfort?

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I feel like what they mean by they can't be overfed is that they'll literally throw up what they don't need🤷‍♀️🤣 my baby has been quite sicky from the beginning and it's literally like he just doesn't know when to stop.

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@Felicity agree this is why I find it confusing as I also keep being told you can't overfeed a breast fed baby but this really feels like the problem. Charlie that is interesting that you think it'd linked to tiredness as this always happens around 8pmish for me when baby is definitely overtired having stayed up for 2-3 hours feeding on and off so potentially could be to do with that too.

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@chloe maybe that is what they mean?! 😂 would.make more sense!

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we use a dummy so I tend to offer that if I suspect tiredness over hungry. He refuses it if he actually wants feeding. I also switch to dummy if he is fussing whilst I feed him. Sometimes he pops on and off and gets frustrated so we take a break 😴 I’m personally finding breastfeeding more challenging as the weeks go on. But sleep deprivation is making every minor inconvenience seem world ending at the moment!

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Having the exact same problem. I’ve been told my let down might be too fast and to maybe pump a couple minutes at the start of feeds/ lean back when she’s feeding.
I don’t want to stop them mid-feed if I think they’ve had too much, but also concerned my little one can’t tell when she’s full so is just sick!!

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Same problem here and my midwives said it was him overeating/ me having an oversupply. I have definitely noticed it happens when my son is overtired / stressed in the evening. We tried to introduce a dummy which does helps sometimes, but it’s hit and miss - quite often he just spits it out.

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