Hi! My baby is 4mo and is breastfed mainly (I offer him 60ml of complement every other feeding).
When younger, it took him 20 min to nurse at each breast (i offer both). From about 1,5 month, he has been reducing the time he nurses, and until about 2 weeks ago the average was 20-25 min total. Since 2 weeks ago, however, he starts nursing on one side, after about 7 min he starts kicking and complaining and fussing. He then starts to look around and then pulling the nipple backwards, letting it go and crying. After a while he goes back to the breast, sucks 2 or 3 times, and start the same fight until eventually he cries. So I lift him in an upright position for a while, and he starts smiling and looking around, very interested in the surroundings. Most of the times he gives a sound burp. I then offer the second breast and everthing happens the same way. If I offer the bottle, he may take it or not (most of the times he doesnt). He never seems hungry. I feed him every 4 hours with a cluster feed before the last feed.
The only time when he doesnt do this is during night wakings, or other times when he nurses while very sleepy.
Yesterday, after the night feed, i expressed my milk to see how much he had left. I got 40 ml with a lot od struggle.
Could it be he complains because he has emptied the breast after the 7 min? If he was hungry, he woukd likely accept the bottke? Could it be my milk supply is decreasing?
Does this look like reflux? He has an average of one episode of milk coming back a day (this is new, it was very véry rare to have milk coming back until 2 weeks ago).
I was never very good at feeling breasts empty or full... I have small breasts and they didnt get any bigger now that I am nursing, so it is hard to feel if they are full.
Thank you!!!
