Breastfeeding

Gas vs. Reflux vs. Teething vs. Growth spurt?

My 5 month old EBF boy currently:
-fussy at breast but only at the beginning of a feeding, then calms down.
-arches back if I stop him to burp him.
-gets into crying spells esp. in the evenings and it takes lots of effort to calm him down to nurse.
-pulls away and thrashes around at the beginning of a feeding.
-nothing in my diet has changed.

Any thoughts?? I am so thankful for this board. :)

Re: Gas vs. Reflux vs. Teething vs. Growth spurt?

  • Sounds like my baby when he is going through a growth spurt.  But I'm no expert so don't listen to me too much.  We just went through a growth spurt and he would get so fussy in such a short period of time when he was hungry.  Literally light fussing signalling he's hungry so I pick him up to carry him to the chair, unhook my bra, and now he's screaming bloody murder.  When he gets like this he might take a minute to latch and then a couple more to settle down/stop unlatching and relatching.  If I take him off and he's still hungry he crys and arches his back until I put him back on.

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  • I don't have any advice because I'm dealing with a lot of the same things and mine turned 5 months a few days ago!  Good to know I'm not alone.  The whole pulling away while still latched thing is getting old very quickly!  Good luck...and let's just hope it's a growth spurt!
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