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Seems to want to eat, and not think that is to produce enough milk … which calls for pensarlo isn 't that convincing enough to eat. I should just try the formula or what? Use a nipple, but I read that if you are tired often could not eat enough and seems to be constantly tired.
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Perhaps try formula! Don’t give him cereal!! Hes WAY to young for that! Speak with his doctor if you are concerned.
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Don’t give him rice cereal!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want to give an ounce or so of formula after or before feeding it may help, but his tummy couldn’yt handle cereal yet!
its not recommended giving cereal until four months, his digestive system wont be strong enough to handle it.. but if you want to feed less often mix some formula with breast milk. he’s probably going through a growth spurt, it’ll subside sooner or later. good luck.
yeah try formula u probaly arnt producing enough but not rice cereal still to little
this is what breastfed babies do!!! That doesn’t mean that you start cereal or supplement with formula it means that you nurse on demand and build your own milk supply….. once your baby is alittle bit older he will not want to nurse as often…this is very normal…
NO, PLEASE DON’T GIVE HIM CEREAL OR FORMULA!!! babies go through growth spurts during which they want to nurse all the time (literally 24/7). this is their way of increasing mom’s milk supply. if you supplement your milk supply will not increase and you won’t have enough for your baby in the future. it should only last a few days, no more than a week, and after that you will see your baby go back to his old pattern of nursing. babies also nurse constantly when they are working on a developmental task. it helps to cosleep during this time so baby can get easy access to the breast at night and you get a better night’s sleep. good luck and don’t give up, it will pass
Do not give him cereal, he is way too young for cereal. He really needs the nutrients from breast milk/formula and the cereal wont provide that. Maybe he just wants to suck on something, have you tried giving him a pacifier? I would try that first. If that doesnt work try breast feeding him on both breasts and then if he is still acting hungry offer him a little bit of formula. Most of the time though, it is not that they are hungry, they just want to suck on something.
Try formula first. I don’t produce enough either and absolutely nothing is increasing my supply; it’s actually getting worse. Some women simply cannot produce enough. Once you start with bottles, you’ll have to fiddle around with the amount to give him since you don’t know exactly how much he’s been getting.
Your milk supply was designed specifically for him, so I think you are making plenty. In my opinion, he is way too young for rice cereal, which, by the way, doesn’t make that big of a difference. Babies that age cry all the time. It doesn’t mean he’s still hungry. As long as you are keeping him at the breast for a good period of time – he should be fine. Does he take a pacifier? Sometimes they cry because they just want to suck.
If he has enough wet diapers, regular BM’s and is gaining weight he’s getting enough nourishment. However as far as hunger goes, since people do feel hungry even when they are well nourished, it’s generally safe to give a few spoons of rice cereal. My mother gave it to me at 6 weeks, and I gave it to my kids starting around 8 weeks.
He won’t need too much, and be sure to mix it with plenty of your milk or formula, as too much solid food at this age can lead to constipation. You’ll want is slightly more watery than cake batter, and probably 1 tablespoon twice a day. It doesn’t sound like much, but to him it is.
Good luck!
Hes to young for cereal. Are you sure you are not producing enough? Whatever you do… dont start cereal yet!
i was in the same boat- my mom was on me about feeding her ever hour and a half but i didnt make alot of milk and i was dedicated to breastfeeding- he might be going through a growth spurt- just feed on demand for awhile and he might go back to a more normal schedule- if you feel like formula is what you want to do you could switch but i wouldnt switch because he seems hungry i would switch because thats what you want to do- breastfeeding is a choice- and babies are healthy on just breastmilk- no to cereal though- just feed more often for awhile
By supplementing with formula, you may be shooting yourself in the foot if you really want to breastfeed. The bit about increasing your supply is correct. If you are truly concerned about him not getting enough to eat, keep a tally of wet and dirty diapers and check it out with your pediatrician. That is the only true sign as to whether he is getting enough. My advice is to stick this out if his “output” is sufficient.
IS BABY GETTING ENOUGH? — QUICK REFERENCE CARD
~~~ AFTER 6 WEEKS ~~~
WEIGHT GAIN:
If baby is gaining well on mom’s milk alone, then baby is getting enough. More on weight gain. Average weight gain for breastfed babies:
0 – 4 mo 6 oz /week 4 – 6 mo 4 – 5 oz/week 6 – 12 mo 2 – 4 oz/week
WET DIAPERS: 4 – 5+ sopping wet diapers per day.
To feel what a sufficiently wet diaper is like, pour 4-6 tablespoons (60-90 mL) of water into a clean diaper (if baby wets more often, then the amount of urine per diaper may be less). Diapers may be wetter in the morning, especially with older babies. Urine should be pale and mild smelling.
DIRTY DIAPERS: Depends on your child.
Number ranges from many per day to one every 7 – 10+ days. After 4 – 6 weeks, some babies switch to an infrequent stooling pattern. This is normal as long as baby is gaining well, and stools are soft and profuse if several days have passed. More on infant stooling.
OTHER POSITIVE SIGNS: After a feeding, mom’s breast feels softer and baby seems reasonably content. Baby is alert, active and meeting developmental milestones.
Lactation consultant Diane Wiessinger of Ithaca, New York, agrees. “I once led a meeting where I told the mothers — all experienced breastfeeding mothers — that we were going to write the real baby book, one that told new mothers what they needed to know,” she recalls. “One woman said, ‘New mothers need to know that newborns will nurse every hour.’ Another mother spoke up and said, ‘Yeah, and the feedings will last an hour.’ Everyone laughed, and I think that laughter meant that this is a common experience. Babies don’t really nurse all the time, but it can sure feel that way — especially at first.”
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Wiessinger believes that counting and timing feedings may only make a nursing mother feel more stressed about what she thinks she needs to accomplish during the day. The reality, however, might actually be quite different since, as Wiessinger points out, frequent feedings tend to be short and easy to fit around other activities.
Anthropologist Kathy Dettwyler from Texas A&M University says that nursing a lot is typical of babies around the world. She cites a study done in 2000 that looked at the feeding behaviour of infants aged three to four months in three different communities: families from Washington, DC, the Ba’Aka hunter-gatherers and the Ngandu farmers, both of the Central African Republic. They found that the Ba’Aka babies nursed 4.02 times per hour, the Ngandu babies nursed 2.01 times per hour and the American babies nursed 1.6 times per hour. Certainly the American babies nursed less often than the two African groups, but they nursed more frequently than many new parents expect.
Wiessinger reminds parents that babies are growing faster in the first year than they will at any other time in their lives, and asks, “How often would you eat if you were trying to double your weight in less than six months?” She adds that breastfeeding is more than a way of getting food into the baby. “A baby doesn’t necessarily nurse to eat,” she explains. “Breastfeeding offers so many other wonderful things — skin-to-skin contact, warmth, the reassuring sounds and smells of mom, suckling — the milk is just a bonus.”
The Formula Effect
In our culture, mothers have been accustomed to babies who are formula fed, who behave very differently from babies who eat naturally. Formula is an artificial food, and it causes babies to act in artificial ways. Babies who drink formula receive in very short order a large amount of liquid that is very difficult to digest. After a formula bottle and a few big burps, babies sleep for several hours before they feel hungry again. Hmm… This sounds very nice; Mom can get lots of things done. Perhaps.
However, inside, Baby is dealing with an unnatural food that is very hard to digest and takes a very long time to move out of his stomach. In any case, many new mothers have come to accept that this is the way their own baby will behave. Not so with breast milk.
Breast milk is natural and digests very quickly – usually within two hours. Therefore, breastfed babies eat often. In the early weeks, they may eat eight to 20 times a day – or more. It depends.
As a lactation consultant, I frequently hear moms say, “Well I tried to breastfeed my first child but they always wanted to eat, and my milk could never fill them up like formula did. They were always hungry.” Get it? The formula makes them feel very full, but is that good for them? Not really. Formula is deficient in all immunological properties.
I then ask the mothers, “Before you changed to formula, was your baby gaining weight well and having plenty of wet diapers and bowel movements?”
“Oh, yes,” they s
Breastfed babies liek to eat a lot. That is just natural. They tend to be hungry more often due to the fact that breast milk is more easily digested than formula. Go to kellymom.com for a lot of helpful breastfeeding info. My baby nurses all the time.. Shes 12 weeks and loves to nurse in the evening when I’m home with her. During the day, she gets a bottle of breastmilk while I am at work. It is up to you if you want to give your baby formula but as long as your baby i gaining
weight well, then I say that it is just typical behavio1r and just continue with the breastmilk. If you start giving formula then your milk supply will start to dwindle because the baby will nurse less often. Then you would have to give up breastfeeding all together and breastfeeding is the best. Keep up the good work!
Also, baby may be going throuhg a growth spurt and need more food. This is normal too.
for now stop the pacifier, and any time he is cranky put him to the breast… this will stimulate your breasts to make more milk…
second breastfed babies constantly constantly want to nurse… this is normal and doesn’t mean you aren’t producing enough milk… even at this age you may be feeding every 2 hrs or more often… depending on the child…..
as long as there are 5-6 wet diapers a day then you are fine… at this age bowel movements may start to become irregular [not daily] this is normal as well…
babies also sleep alot at this age…
nurse on demand
talk to his dr if you have any questions
talk to a lactation consultant at the hopsital you gave birth at or through la leche league
here are websites
I think he’s way to young for cereal. Did you try pumping so that you know exactly how much milk he is getting? Breast feeding is hard, I gave up after 3 months. Keep with it if you can!