My DS fed happily every 2.5-3 hours for the first few weeks of his life, taking both boobs at each feed.
Two weeks ago he started what I presume was his six week growth spurt. He began feeding very frequently and I fed him on demand as advised. The trouble is he is now feeding constantly, every 30 min to 2 hours in the day and 2 hours at night. He is also vomiting a lot and I feel that he's being greedy (he is gaining weight rapidly). He has been prescribed gaviscon for reflux but it doesn't seem to make much difference. Another issue is that he no longer wants both boobs and feeds extremely rapidly from one boob only (like three minutes flat) and refuses to take any more.
Can anyone help me sort this out? I've tried delaying him between feeds which sometime works for a short while but more often than not just results in howling...
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7 week old BF baby and frequent feeding
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kittysaysmiaow · 31/01/2013 08:00
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