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Lipsmacker01
19-10-2007, 13:46
DD1 who is almost 6 months has 2 teeth and Im breastfeeding her. Lately shes been waking twice a night and when its time to settle her at 5ish in the morning, she feeds for ages. I wrap her, sometimes rock her and put her to bed. She then screams and wants more feeds. This morning I had to feed her about 5 times!! just to get her to sleep.
Cant possibly be the 6 month growth spurt could it? or is it my milk supply? I drink heaps of water but feel a lot less fuller than I used to be. ps shes on solids too. maybe its everything all rolled into one.

Tam-I-Am
19-10-2007, 13:55
Its normal not to feel full anymore - it doesn't mean anything about your milk supply - it means a lot about how your body processes the need for milk, and makes it when its needed, rather than hours and hours before, iykwim - its just a sign that everything's much more efficient, so don't stress on that front.

As for what it could be - I don't know. It could be a once off? It could be teething? It could be that she wasn't feelign well, or had a nightmare, or any number of other things...It might just mean she needed less sleep today than on other days.

I wouldn't stress too hard just yet - see what happens over the next couple of days, and go from there.