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Offline Sarahboh

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6 week growth spurt, help me decide if it is, I am confused
« on: November 16, 2005, 20:50:29 pm »
Hello, please help :)

I have a 5 week old infant Ella and since day one she has been on Easy 3hour, following it quite well, going on 4-5 hour sleeps at night (sleeps 10-3, then until 7am). Breastfeeding going very well, drains the breast in 10-15 minutes and has gained weight tremendously, 11 pounds, 7 ounces at checkup on Monday from 8 pd 13 ounces at birth (a chunky little baby :) Yesterday afternoon she couldn't get more than an hour from both of her afternoon naps, waking up crying and I cannot get her back down) I am having a big problem knowing if she is hungry as she is swaddled and I must admit I haven't mastered her cry sounds yet. Last night she slept her regular routine, but this morning was a mess. She went down after her feed and activity at 8:15 (up at 7:15), then got up at 9;15am, tried and tried to shush and get her to sleep, no success (tried pacifier, shushing and patting). So I fed her and she took a full feed, kept her up until tired and then put her back down, she was up in two hours again, crying and inconsolable. Fed her again and I let her sleep for 2.5 hours which she needed to be woken from to feed, took full feed and then some more after activity and diapering and went down fine to sleep.

Sorry this is so long,
My questions are
Do you think she is going through 6 week growth spurt early? (she is 5 weeks, 3 days)
Could it be gas or something I ate bothering her?
I am really confused and thrown by this as she has been a true angel/textbook baby since birth?

Her schedule is

7:15am up and feed
8:15to bed
10:15 up and feed
11:15 bed
1:15 up and feed
2:15 to bed
4:15 up and feed
4:45-5:00 nap before bath
5:45-6:00 up to feed before bath
6:00-6:15 eat and get ready for bath
6:30-6:45 bath
6:50-7:00 diaper/dressed for bed
7:00 feed before sleep
10:00pm dreamfeed and sleeps until 2:45 to 3am
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6 week growth spurt, help me decide if it is, I am confused
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2005, 20:58:35 pm »
I never felt like I got good at recognizing growth spurts, but I would say that is probably what it is if she is taking full feedings each time.  I would go ahead and feed her more often for a couple days and see if she goes back to the other schedule after that.

The timelines for growth spurts are just estimates, so even if she's "off" by a few days, that is probably what it is.  That's why (and because I really couldn't tell for sure) I did a lot more feeding on demand in the beginning, while trying to encourage a little bit of a routine, but not making her wait if she was acting hungry. 

It's so hard to read their signals, and follow a routine, and then watch out for growth spurts or other needs that may require more frequent feedings.  Don't get discouraged :) It sounds like you are doing great with learning about her!

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6 week growth spurt, help me decide if it is, I am confused
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2005, 00:19:02 am »
Ditto to what Kim wrote.