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reverse cycling? nursing strike? am I overthinking this?

camedowncrushingcamedowncrushing member
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DD2 is 12 weeks, and all last week she nursed a ton more at night.  She went from nursing her "last" nursing session at 7, up at 11 to nurse, and 4, and then up at 6 to nurse and start her day to nursing about every 1.5 to 2 hours at night.  I thought maybe she was going through a growth spurt.  Saturday I noticed she  nursed overall less during the day and yesterday as well.  Typically she was nursing about every 2-2.5 hours during the day.  Now she is going 3-4 hours.  Today she got up at 6 nursed, nursed again at 8:30, and 10:30 and hasn't "really" nursed since.  She nursed for a couple of minutes at 12:30 and then got mad.  After her nap ended at 3 she nursed for maybe a minute before getting mad.  She has had two giant poopy diapers today as well as several wet.  Am I over thinking this?  DD1 was glued to my breasts so I never noticed an increase for a growth spurt, and she never really had any loss of interest.  I have offered her the breast every hour, but she gets mad and cries. 
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Re: reverse cycling? nursing strike? am I overthinking this?

  • vvvvvfeevvvvvfee member
    do you work or are you at home with your LO during the day?

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  • camedowncrushingcamedowncrushing member
    I am home with her.   I actually got her to nurse just after I posted this.  Kellymom suggested changing positions so I tried lying down, and she nursed herself to sleep. 
    I can't tell if I am getting nervous for nothing.  With DD1 nursing all the time into toddlerhood I never worried about making sure she got milk every couple of hours.  She always wanted it! 
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  • vvvvvfeevvvvvfee member
    oh good! i was going to say if you worked f/t your LO was probably was reverse cycling to nurse more at night. it still sounds pretty normal, like a growth spurt or new developmental phase. just so long as she is having plenty of wet diapers and seems like she's in a good mood, i wouldn't worry.
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  • RootBeer29RootBeer29 member
    She's getting to that age of distraction while nursing too, try taking her into a quiet room to nurse.
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  • camedowncrushingcamedowncrushing member
    RootBeer29 said:
    She's getting to that age of distraction while nursing too, try taking her into a quiet room to nurse.
    So true!  I had not thought of that.  Thanks so much! 
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