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Offline bflorrie

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Short feeding time-hind milk
« on: December 19, 2011, 19:39:19 pm »
My LO has recently started feeding for short periods of time- 2 mins max. Now am concerned that at 4 weeks he is underfed and not getting the crucial hind milk. At 4 weeks he nurses every 1.5-2hrs(both day and night). Am worried about his weight gain (was 2.8kgs at birth and is now 3.7kgs at 4 wks) How can I ensure he is getting the fattening hind milk?

Also I fear that sometimes I do not have enough breast milk especially for night feeds as my breasts feel so empty and I do not always hear him swallow. I would love to EBF for 4 months so please help ease my fears. Thanks.
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Re: Short feeding time-hind milk
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2011, 22:11:21 pm »
Hi there,
Is your LO falling asleep while feeding?
Have you been getting him weighed regularly? Is he putting on weight (even if it's not a lot)? Plenty of wet nappies?
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Re: Short feeding time-hind milk
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2011, 00:39:51 am »
Hi Tay,

No, he does not fall asleep, he simply stops sucking and pushes the nipple out, or sometimes holds the milk in his mouth.

Yes, I have him weighed every week. Wk 1 he was 3kg, wk 2- 3.4kg, wk 3-3.5kg and just this morning 3.7kgs.

He does have about 3 soaking wet diapers during day and 2 soaked ones at night...soothing (soaked as in diaper is heavy and sometimes soaps thru his clothes at night)
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Re: Short feeding time-hind milk
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 02:43:16 am »
He's putting on weight well (above the average weight gain I got quoted by the child health nurse and that's based on an 'average' birthweight). Have you got a WHO BF baby weight percentile chart? That should put your mind at ease.

As an example of a baby not getting hindmilk: DS was 2.99kg born, dropped to 2.87kg and was gaining again by day 5 and was only 3.1kg at 4 weeks. He was screaming a LOT, green mucousy poos, very gassy and wouldn't sleep during the day. Once I block fed him, he put on 200g the first week, then 4-500g for a few weeks and once he had caught up, he put  on around 170-200g per week til he hit 4 months, then he slowed down.

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Re: Short feeding time-hind milk
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2011, 18:29:48 pm »
He does seem like he's putting weight on well! And tbh I wouldn't worry too much if you have a content baby.
Now... if you want to have longer feeds and a baby that lasts longer between feeds... you could try extending each of the feeds by 5 or 10min at a time. Your  LO does seem to be feeding pretty frequently and that in itself would make him not feed that well and keep snacking.
How would you feel about that?
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