Baby BF and feeding cues suddenly don’t make sense?!
My little one is 11 weeks and breastfed 75% of the time and the rest expressed milk & bottle. His feeding cues are suddenly very confusing compared to when he was tiny as he’s always munching at his hands even after a feed and sometimes while the bottle/breast is in his mouth. So confused if he’s still hungry as he’s never been fully settled after feeds due to reflux. Or if I’m even giving him too much as he suddenly doesn’t stay on the breast as long, kicks off when I try give him the second breast and can also be fussy with drinking the bottle and take ages on them?! He feeds around every 1.5 hours still.
Has anyone else had confusing changes around this age?
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My baby is 12 weeks started rejecting the breast about 4 weeks ago after about 7 mins would get so fussy and then cry if I tried to re latch, so I expressed milk and checked to see if she was still hungry with a bottle and drank the whole thing. So started bottle feeding,now she is also rejecting the bottle after about 60ml im exhausted. Shes not drinking enough milk but is still clearly hungry. Im genuinely at a loss.
They naturally start chewing hands at that age so it's super confusing to know if they are hungry or comfort sucking on the hands 😢
Yeah chewing their hands becomes meaningless at this stage, they've finally discovered they have hands and they like chewing them for fun!
I feel the same. My LO is 10 weeks and feel like I don't know her feeding cues at all now. She doesn't even root much anymore. I know they become more efficient at feeding so could explain the short time on the breast! My LO also becomes fussy and the GP said it can be that they can't distinguish if it's hungry or belly ache they're experiencing!
Doesn’t mean feeding but yes, totally normal. My baby has also just found her hands and her voice
It’s no longer a feeding cue at this age, they’ve just discovered they have hands! You may find them doing more things with their mouth too. Google mouthing x
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