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Just when you think you've got it sorted

He goes through a growth spurt. Or something. He fussed and ate incessantly last night, culminating at 12.30am in massive screaming as I was unable to satisfy his appetite due to being exhausted and sore and feeling as though there was nothing left. I had expressed some earlier in the day in order to get my hair cut later in the week, so I had to kiss goodbye to it (and the haircut) and allow G to give him it in a bottle. 5oz later he burped like a builder and went to sleep for 5 hours. Sigh. Today he's also been feeding loads.

I'm a tiny bit stressed about the feeding in terms of going to England on Saturday because for some reason several people are very keen for me to give him formula! Apparently a "big boy needs more" than my boobs can provide (have you SEEN the size of him??) and he's obviously "starving". I've been getting a bit of grief over it which will no doubt be worse when I get there!

The thing is, he's thriving, he's huge, he's growing well, I'm enjoying being able to feed him, and the only issue is that sometimes it is exhausting.... which is actually my problem and not his, and one I'm prepared to deal with (along with the odd moan here & there). He's doing so well. I'm proud of myself for sticking with it too. Breastfed babies do feed more often than Formula Fed babies,and I'm sure there will be comments made about feeding him every 2 hours or so because these guys are only used to formula feeding...... my sis and I were both formula fed and Dylan was too due to circumstancse beyond my control.

The times when H has growth spurts I have the choice of being awake and sore and feeding non stop, or giving him some from bottles of expressed milk, and he's happy. And these spurts only last a day or two. He's definitely getting the best nutritionally, I don't want to give him formula for the fun of it. I hate the thought of his little digestive system having to cope with something new, and all the changes it will bring in his poo and stuff. If and when I decide to do that it'll be when I feel he's ready for it, and he's certainly not ready yet....... he's still a little baby and he's nowhere near needing extra supplementation in the form of solids or even formula yet. He might get that way, might be ages, might be soon, I don't know, but I'll take it as it comes and hopefully won't get too badgered while Im at home to give him bottles!

Posted by katie at October 4, 2004 05:13 PM