Hi Everyone,
I'm new here as I have just started implementing EASY. I have a 9 wk old boy and he is big (10 lbs at birth and probably about 16 lbs now). He had been eating every 2 hrs religiously from birth to about 6 wks and then we were able to start stretching the feeding times a bit to about 2.5 to 3 hours, longer at night. He is a good night sleeper -- for 2 wks he has done a long stretch (usually 4-5 hours) followed by a shorter stretch and then we are up for the day around 7.
So anyway...after reading the Baby Whisperer I realized I had a snacker on my hands because he tends to feed for shorter times (10-15 min) more frequently during the day. He feeds much longer, usually 40-45 min, at night and then goes right back to sleep. I thought it would be good to push him a bit and see if we couldn't get to all 3 hour intervals during the day and we haven't had much of a problem accomplishing that over the past few days. However, now he feeds frantically. His arms and legs start thrashing around and he breathes fast. He pulls off the nipple about every 5-10 secs (ouch) and sometimes shrieks when he can't find the nipple again right away. Needless to say it is quite the chore to get him to feed 25-35 mins. this way! I give him plenty of burp breaks so it's not that, and it can't be gas as this is happening with every single feeding. I have seen others post abou this but didn't see any ideas or solutions in response.
Thanks for reading my novel, hope someone might have some suggestions!