DS will be 17 weeks on Friday. About a fortnight ago he started behaving erratically at the breast and now refuses to feed during the day. He feeds every 2hrs at night, but not for any longer than he used to.
Several bfc's I've spoken to think this may be because he's teething - if you've seen my other threads it took me a while to work it out - the pain may be causing him to stop sucking, they thought.
But we've just had him weighed and in that fortnight he's only gained 1oz. Normally he's been gaining in the region of 10oz/fortnight so he's a good weight, and I know his weight gain should settle somewhat around now, but it appears to be coming almost to a grinding halt.
I don't know what to do, as I am producing plenty of milk still. But he just doesn't want to suck. I've tried different bfing positions, calpol and teething gel. Nothing seems to make any difference.
Anyone got any other suggestions? I really wanted to do exclusive for at least 5 months.
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help! HV says "start weaning" and I'm not quite ready
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phdlife · 07/08/2007 15:52
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