How do I not ruin this growth spurt?

kissyfitt · May 2012

My LO has started his 6 week growth spurt early. Since Saturday he has been fussier than usual but today has been nearly unbearable.

I fed him this morning at 7. We were in the car driving to a midwife appointment at 7:35 and I had to pump and give him a bottle because we couldn't pull over for me to nurse him and he was screaming. An hour later we had to run to the car from the grocery store so I could nurse him in the backseat. Then after we rushed through shopping we hightailed it home and he ravenously nursed again. All day it has been either extreme fussiness (which is not at all like him, he never cries), nursing non-stop, or sleeping on my lap. I just tried to wear him in my Mei Tai so I could get something to eat and it was a no go. I had to stop and nurse him and now he's in a light sleep on my lap. He has had very few periods of deeper sleep lasting 2-3 hours but his waking time is the way I described.

Now the problem is my best friend is going to be in town tomorrow (she lives 2.5 hours away and is leaving the country for the summer so we planned to have lunch). I am bringing the baby, but when we planned this he was his normal, content, eats every 2-3 hours and never fusses self.

I have tons of pumped milk and plan to bring some to the restaurant with me, but if I has to give him a few bottles, how is that going to screw with my supply? I really dont want to pump during lunch and one bottle would be fine but if he want to eat every 30 minutes and refuses to be put down this is goin to be rough and it won't e good for my supply either I'm sure. I mean, I may end up having to use my nursing cover and put him on the boob because at one point this afternoon he flat out refused the bottle from me because he was so fussy but only wanted the boob, but I digress.

How do I handle this tomorrow afternoon without undoing everything the grow spurt is trying to do? HELP...?

messfam07 · May 2012

Do you not feel comfortable nursing in public. Sorry had to ask. Do you have a moby wrap or something like that so that you can wear him in a way to easily breastfeed and still be concealed and able to enjoy your lunch. I learned if you dont have a shaw to cover up use a receiving blanket by tying the corners or even tucking them into your straps. Keep the stash for a rainy day just my opinion. but that way he is on you close and can eat when wanted and if he gets fussy just rock him. I learned with DD very early just go with the flow. now with DS its easier. but im sure your doing a great job and sounds like he is growning. Make sure he is colicy that could be an issue.

pepomntpat · May 2012

If you are bringing the baby nurse the baby. Otherwise you will have to excuse yourself to pump. It is not rude to NIP.

CarolinaDaisy · May 2012

I would say nurse the baby while at the restaurant or you could move the lunch to your home where you would be more comfortable of baby needed to nurse frequently.

Do what works best for you, but try to nurse him as often as you can to boost your supply up.

kissyfitt · May 2012

I mean, I don't normally have an issue nursing in public, it's jut I have to nurse him in football hold to be comfortable and that's hard to do in certain types of chairs. lol. I also don't want to be crazy engorged though... This morning when I had to pump in the car, my left side was rock hard and if I'd not been able to pump or nurse him I would have been in pain, I'm so glad I had thought ahead to brin my manual pump.

I'll probably end up nursing him and I'll just have to deal with cradle hold. Meh.

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