Having a really tough day today

skannan19

Hi all, I could really use your help!! Our  baby boy has usually been pretty good about day time naps of 2 to 2.5 hours and night time naps of 3 to 3.5 hours. But the past two days have been tough, very tough in fact. 

He seems to feed for so long (40 mins to a hour) and then wakes up in about an hour for his next feed. He also got very fussy and probably tired himself out. Wonder if anyone experienced this at 5 weeks? I tracked his activities through the day and he did not sleep enough. He is sleeping now peacefully but hope he gets some longer sleep. 

I recently had a lactation consultant appt and they have no concerns about his weight or feeding since he is 10+ lbs now and he took about 1.2 oz breastmilk during his weighted feed. He is fully on breastmilk, mostly breastfed and given a bottle 2 to 3 times a day. 

We are also well read on all the soothing techniques and most of them always worked but in the past two days, only feeding and vertical shoulder holds have worked.

virtaur

If I had to guess it looks like he’s not transferring milk efficiently which is why it’s taking so long per feed. Realistically it shouldn’t take that long most of the time. You could always try another IBCLC if it continues. But it could just be a phase if it wasn’t always like that.