Hi there!
I am struggling with the feeding of my baby boy right now. He changed his eating pattern last few weeks. He is 4 months, 1 week
He is fully BF.
After he wakes up, he eats for 3-5 min only. He burps, and spits up a bit, but then he will not eat again. I know he is not full, because if I put him back at the breast after 15 min, he will eat 3-5 min again, and so it can continue for the 2 hours he is awake. He never empties the breast completely during the awake time.
However, the last feed before he goes to bed he eats constantly for about 20-30 min and empties both breasts!! But of course he then spits up a lot as he got A LOT of food.
He also wakes up 3-4 times at night to eat about 5 min and then back to sleep.
He has a bit of mild reflux but not medicated, doc says I shall keep him upright after feeds and that is enough. But as he is not full after the 3 min feed, and I keep upright, we do nothing than feed, keep upright, feed etc.
Anybody that could give me advice? I feel it is not right to feed him over a period of 2 hours when he is awake, but if I don't I am afraid he will not get the calories during the day and wake up even more at night.
Shall I restrict his feed period to x minutes and hope he gets more effective?!?
THANK YOU!!!