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Growthspurt bullsh*&!

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in November 2011 Moms

OK so here's my rant.. and it's not against anyone in particular, just the overall concept. 

 Every time I post about LO having some symptoms the answer is always "growth spurt". Well it may be right but isn't a growth spurt a rather sudden increase in growth (not just a gradual increase)? Well-- he's been growing like crazy since he was born (almost doubled his birth weight at about 3 months)! All I'm saying is... if it really is a growth spurt shouldn't we have some downtime in-between? Seems like that's the answer for everything! None of this.. " oh that must be the 6 week 7 week 8 week 11 week growthspurt"! Argh I just want my little happy baby back!!

Thank you for listening to my madness

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Re: Growthspurt bullsh*&!

  • beedawnbeedawn member
    ITA. It seems like there is a "growth spurt" for every week. There has to be some other reason for things. Hmm..
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  • RedCamaroRedCamaro member
    Is your LO breastfed? If so, he might not be getting enough of the hind milk with most of the fat in it, therefore he's hungry more often. If he's not breastfed, then I don't know what to tell you. Sorry, I hope you have your little happy baby back soon, too! FWIW, mine grown as fast as yours has; maybe your pedi will have some other ideas. But I agree with you, that if it's truly a growth spurt you would have some down time.
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  • jnealetjnealet member

    Well if he's almost doubled his birth weight in 3 months then he's been growing a lot!

    As for the growth spurt bs - sometimes babies are just cranky but its much more reassuring to blame the crankiness on something instead of not having a reason and therefor not having an end to it.

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  • Nwlywed07Nwlywed07 member
    I agree with you. The old "growth spurt" answer for everything is a little annoying. However DS has almost double his birth weight so maybe he is just constantly growing all the freakin time. Who know?! I just started telling people that we all have a day/days where we are cranky and so do babies.
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  • honeybee #1honeybee #1
    It is annoying, but it's kind of like people saying that teething is just an excuse. Babies get cranky. They grow really fast, learn really fast, and everything changes really fast. As my mom pointed out the other day, it was exhausting to grow a baby, now they are basically growing the baby and they are exhausted by it too. Wow, that kind of sounded like a rant. Sorry, it was a general thing. But I still hope you have your happy baby back soon.
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