Still eating all day?

TheAnalyticalMommy · April 2014

My LO is 9 weeks old and still seems to want to eat all day. At daycare he is drinking 3-4 oz bottles about every 60-90 minutes and when he is with me he is attached to me all day. He takes little breaks but if I try to move him he will start drinking again. The only exception is when I'm walking him around in the stroller or carrier. Oh and he does sleep 4-7 hours straight at night (very inconsistent)

He is gaining great and is probably 13/14 ls now.

Is this normal? Any tips?

TIA

Update: I should also mention that he used to take a pacifier but has refused it the last few weeks.

Asivec · April 2014

Does your LO take a binky? Do you put them down after they are done eating? It maybe for comfort or just because your LO misses you and bfing is a way to be close. Or it could be LO stocking up for the long night.

Chichigo · April 2014

At daycare, are they just offering a bottle every time he cries, or trying to soothe him other ways first? Are they using paced bottle feedings? How are you pumping enough milk?

Mrssnelling · April 2014

Try a pacifier. I had to do this when my daughter wanted to nurse just for comfort and wasn't actually taking milk.

VickyTGAW · April 2014

Agree with the PPs. With my first son, we EPed. Around 9 weeks, we would notice he would cry for the bottle and then slap it away and cry more when we gave it to him. We thought he was an indecisive little dude. It took us novice parents quite some time to figure out he wanted to comfort suck (so he was mad at the milk). My husband actually said, "It's a miracle" when we finally introduced the pacifier. And bonus-- he wasn't overdrinking anymore, so spitting up became less frequent.

The other thing to consider-- is maybe he's in a growth spurt.

TheAnalyticalMommy · April 2014

Thanks girls! We used to use a pacifier with him but he has started to reject it.

I do try to put him down but most of the time he will immediately wake up and cry.

I might has a slight over supply still because I can easily pump the 16 ounces I send him to daycare with within 3 pumping sessions and can pump about 6 to 10 ounces in the mornings. My LO actually gets really mad when the milk begins to slow down towards the end of a feeding.

I gave the daycare the kellymom bottle feeding sheet and they say that they are feeding him slowly and trying other things when he cries.

I'm really out of ideas. He just seems to have a crazy appetite! I'll usually pull him off and try to play with him for a bit buy that only works for about 5 minutes and then he will scream for milk again (and the pacifier won't work)

HopingforChange · April 2014

Are you doing block feedings? Is it possible that LO is getting mostly thin foremilk and not enough fatty hind milk?

TheAnalyticalMommy · April 2014

Hi! No I stopped block feeding. Once my supply decreased he started fussing a lot and I had to start feeding on both sides. I try to drain the first side first. Once it empties he fusses a lot and doesn't seem to want to work for the hind milk. He may not be getting much but if I force him to stay on the first side now he will start to fuss and eventually scream until he turns red. Probably isn't getting much hind milk but how do I force him to?

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