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What do i do??
I'm in a bit of a vicious circle at the moment and i'm really struggling to get out of it.
My lo is 19 weeks and has been quite a good feeder. She's had cold after cold this year so far and is teething too. When she had a cold she'd wait in a morning until her nose had cleared to feed. Unfortunately this meant her feed was just before naptime, and the other feeds too then coincided with naptime. Hence she's now got into the habit of only feeding when she's tired. She won't even feed now unless she's in her sleeping bag with mittens on.
Even when she's really hungry and crying she'll only have a minute or two then come off and refuse anymore until naptime.
She now doesn't feed that well during the day but feeds very well through the night and bang on every three hours.
I know she's fine but i really want to try and turn this around.
I've tried just refusing her feeds at naptime but she won't sleep if she's hungry and just gets more and more tired and hungry. I feel so mean as well, not lot letting her feed when she's so hungry.
Any suggestions would be great!
My lo is 19 weeks and has been quite a good feeder. She's had cold after cold this year so far and is teething too. When she had a cold she'd wait in a morning until her nose had cleared to feed. Unfortunately this meant her feed was just before naptime, and the other feeds too then coincided with naptime. Hence she's now got into the habit of only feeding when she's tired. She won't even feed now unless she's in her sleeping bag with mittens on.
Even when she's really hungry and crying she'll only have a minute or two then come off and refuse anymore until naptime.
She now doesn't feed that well during the day but feeds very well through the night and bang on every three hours.
I know she's fine but i really want to try and turn this around.
I've tried just refusing her feeds at naptime but she won't sleep if she's hungry and just gets more and more tired and hungry. I feel so mean as well, not lot letting her feed when she's so hungry.
Any suggestions would be great!
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Sorry not much help you will prob find it improves when you start weaning which isnt too far away
goodluck
I'm slowly getting her used to feeding in other rooms, its still a bit difficult as she's so super nosy she doesn't feed well with distractions. The car she's actually quite happy with, but if she can see toys in the lounge i know i'm lost!
I've just started giving her baby rice now (on advice from my HV as my milk supply is so up and down and she might settle a bit more once weaned) and thats going down a real treat. Can't get enough o f it! And thats in the lounge when wide awake so probably helping.
Anyway, thanks again!