Ditching the top ups

[Logiebear]

D'oh, blond moment:

https://www.mother-2-mother.com/tut-layingdown.htm

 

[jms895]

Caine never ever ever settles with me no matter if I have BF him for one hour, or two or pumped him with 5oz of breast milk, he fusses for more milk constantly with me as he can smell it. If I give him to OH, he goes off like a light straight away little bugger. Sometimes I have to just put him down as I know he is not hungry and is confused with the smell etc.

This is the part that confuses me...for the past few days I wouldn't have though my little one was still hungry, but just yesterday he started this not settling at all. He used to be restless with me, but now he's downright impossible at times! I can't tell if it's just the smell or if he's still hungry?? He is sucking his hands like crazy but then again he's just started that and lots of drooling in the past 3 weeks - I think that's a developmental stage? I used to be able to tell he was hungry because he would smack his lips and suck his fingers. Now he's all the time sucking his fist - loudly at times! Any thoughts??

Yep sounds like teething

 

[mommyof3co]

He might not actually be hungry as some of the other girls have said, have you thought about a pacifier, babies have a natural reflex to want to suck so that might be all it is. Those 4-5hrs he's feeding at a time he might not actually be eating, just comfort sucking.

 

[Shifter]

LOL! Thanks Logie hun.

mommyof3co - every time he goes on the breast in the evenings he feeds productively. Comfort sucking is, as I understand it, a very light, quivering suck. He does do this sometimes at the end of a feed, at which point I take him off if he doesn't take himself off. We know that he is genuinely hungry from the times we have offered him a bottle and he drains 3-4ozs. If he just wanted to comfort suck he either wouldn't take that much or he would bring it back up afterwards.

The evenings have been lots easier recently, he's having about an hour and a half to two hours between feeds

 

[Mervs Mum]

Glad he's going a bit longer for you now hun.