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Can't satisfy LO at night

abmommy15abmommy15 member
in August 2015 Moms
my son is breastfed and is perfectly content all day and through the night with my supply but every evening around 7pm it's like he is so starving I can't fill him up. He will sit on the boob for hours but gets really frustrated and angry like he isn't getting enough. I've started giving him a bottle of formula during this time and it makes him happy but I can't figure out why I don't seem to have enough milk during one time of the day. Any one had this issue?
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  • archetypeblondearchetypeblonde member
    I have had this happen a few times. Following for a good answer... I really don't want to use formula. Maybe pumping in the morning and using that around 7 to supplement?
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  • kettlekittenkettlekitten member
    As PP have said if you replace a feed with formula your body isn't getting the cue to produce more milk at that time. If that concerns you, you should pump at or around the same time as the formula feed so your body gets the idea more milk is needed. Then you'll also get a breastmilk stash going.
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  • jesselayne8jesselayne8 member
    Sounds like your baby is cluster feeding. It helps increase your supply during growth spurts. If you give formula then your body doesn't get the message to increase supply.


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  • SashaDenn25SashaDenn25 member
    Arya nurses off and on at night from 5 to about 10 in small spurts with a couple cat naps in between and some wakeful periods. I just ler her do it. Then typically my boobs gets so full after she goes to sleep I have to pump before bed and after her MOTN feeding. They werent like this at first either, so I would say my supply increased due to this style of eating she has picked up in the evenings.
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  • abmommy15abmommy15 member
    I have been pumping when he gets the formula but usually only get an ounce or so. I will try power pumping and see if that helps.
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  • pinkspringtulippinkspringtulip member
    We have the same issue - around 6:30 - 7:00 pm, it would seem that our DD thinks she's never been fed, ever, during that time and can get pretty upset.

    We saw a LC due to some latch issues and I asked about why this was happening. She said that our bodies produce a higher volume of milk in the morning and will keep producing milk throughout the day into the evening, but the milk fat content changes. In the morning it's lower fat, but there's more of it and in the evening it's a higher fat content, but it doesn't flow as quickly.

    She said it was likely that our DD just didn't realize she was full as quickly and was getting frustrated. Last night, instead of giving her a pumped bottle (which we did for the last week), we just waited after I fed her. She was showing signs of being hungry still, but after a few minutes passed out in her milk coma way and slept for hours, so I'm thinking the LC was correct and DD just needed to realize that she was intact full.
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  • jlsweetsjlsweets member
    Same thing happens over here. From abOut 4-8 he acts like he is starving and that nothing is satisfying him. I just keep letting him nurse on and off from that time, even if he is acting cranky and like it's not enough. He will cry while nursing and start to claw his face like it's not enough but we never have problems during the daytime so I know he's fine. He eventually passes out and has been sleeping really well in th night. What PP says makes a lot of sense! Good luck and don't stress, sounds like your supply is just fine :)

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  • brinbribrinbri member
    It is cluster feeding. It is really normal and it is your baby's way of asking your body to produce more milk. Just breastfeed them through it. Some times once I get tired of being attached for so long, I'll hand him off to DH with a pacifier and go do something for 20 min to an hour (depending on how long DS lasts). It helps with my sanity!

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  • irohspupilirohspupil member
    My LO did this every single day between 4p and 10p (or sometimes 6p-12a) when I was EBF. Definitely the most painful part of the day for me since she kept changing her latch to a bad one, pulling away, pushing in, gnawing on, etc...
    She doesn't really eat like this now that I bottle feed--at least not every day like it was.


     
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  • KateDerekKateDerek member
    After formula feeding my other two I have noticed that BFing babies definitely cluster feed more and it is more difficult. We definitely have had nights where she pulls off me and is irritated and upset and it's hard because I worry that she isn't satisfied. But everything I've heard says to keep putting her back on the breast. So that's what we have been doing. Her third week was the worst and it's getting better now that we are in the fourth. Just hang in there!
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  • gulimzgulimz member
    This is my exact problem. I have been supplementing with formula due to small supply of milk but now we only supplement at night. I feed her about 2 oz or so if pumped milk from early on in the day (I get almost nothing at night but what little I can get, I give her that too) , I give her 2 oz of formula, then is she's still kind of hungry, I put her on my breast for comfort and she usually falls asleep. It's hard to get her to be full at night. When she wakes up in the middle of the night, she eats less so I'm able to satisfy her with breast feeding. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you lots of luck! It can be frustrating!
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  • candicejeff2013candicejeff2013 member
    Oh yes! Every night is like this. She'll stay on my boob for like 3/4 hrs on and off . I've been adding a bottle of breast milk during this time because my nipples ache.
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  • Lalala2326Lalala2326 member
    Its completely normal and even the most normal time for it. Supplementing with formula will hurt your long term supply so I would really think twice about that. Its tough I know. I'm on my second baby doing this, but it gets easier. Here is an article on it:

    https://kellymom.com/parenting/parenting-faq/fussy-evening/
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