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Habitual waking or growth spurt?
« on: September 13, 2005, 18:13:12 pm »
My daughter will be 12 weeks on Thursday.  We've been battling trush so she has not nursed all that well for about a week or so but goes about 3 1/2 to 4 hours during the day.  I dream fed her at 10 for 2 nights in a row and she woke between 5 and 6 for a feeding and ate well.  First night she went right back to sleep, second night took some patting and shushing.  So last night, I dream fed her later hoping she'd wake up after 6 am or even seven so we can start our day.  We'll she woke up at 5.20 ish was wide awake and could not settle herself.  I tried pat shush but to no avail she started the hungry cry.  So I gave her a bottle and she had all of it (some 4 oz - which is what she has at her dream feed too).  I then had to pat shush her back to dream land. 
So, since she had the whole bottle I am thinking this has to do with her growth spurt and our nursing problems during the day or do you think we are starting a bad habitual waking/accidental parentin problem?
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Habitual waking or growth spurt?
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2005, 18:18:29 pm »
12 weeks is a notorious age for a growth spurt, and definitely sounds like what is happening here.

you may want to up the amount in her df bottle as well as nurse frequently in the day to increase your supply.  you can also check the breastfeeding forum for more tips on how to survive!  :D
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