Over fed breastfed baby?
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Anonymous
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I have an 7 week old that pretty much eats 90% of the time she’s awake. She cries at me otherwise and isn’t content. She is calm for others but she won’t let me hold her without feeding her. I have tons of milk and enjoy breastfeeding but this is getting ridiculous. I can’t get anything done. She’s very chubby- 14lbs and she spits up a lot.
I always hear people say you can’t over feed a baby. But can you? I think she overstuffs herself and has to spit up the excess. Soon she’ll start to get more interested in toys and will hopefully not nurse round the clock? |
Anonymous
| Nope. Not with breast milk. Sounds like she is doing great. |
Anonymous
| I would work hard to get her to take a pacifier. It will help now and help in the future so she can self soothe a bit |
Anonymous
Not true. If baby is taking in too much breast milk because it’s being used as a pacifier, and is spitting up excess (same as they would if a bottle was offered every time they fussed), then yes, the baby is being over fed. |
Anonymous
| How long is she nursing for? She might not be getting the food hind milk that fills her up for awhile. |
Anonymous
| Easy solution. Call the breastfeeding center. They’re experts someone can talk to you. Sounds ok to me though. Also call your pediatrician if you want. |
Anonymous
| This sounds pretty typical for a breastfed newborn. “I can’t get anything done” is basically the nature of having a tiny baby. |
Anonymous
Pacifiers are fake nipples. It doesn’t make sense to say that a real nipple is being used as a fake nipple. Babies like to suck — it’s evolution. No baby gets long term obese from breastfeeding. |
Anonymous
The paci is the bane of my existence. - you, in two years |
Anonymous
| With a lot of spitting up, I'd say yes. Minus that, no. |
Anonymous
Right? And how is a paci self soothing? I thought pacis were the opposite of self soothing |
Anonymous
| Op here. She absolutely will not take a pacifier. We nurse for 20-45 minutes. At night we nurse for like 4 hours straight. She will cat nap and then start again |
Anonymous
It’s very normal at that age. She may also have reflux and is nursing to feel better. |
Anonymous
Chubby EBF babies: "Great job, mama!" Chubby formula-fed babies: "Don't overfeed them! It's not poison, buuuuutttt..." |
Anonymous
Overfeeding baby is very rare, but it can happen. It’s more common in bottle-fed babies, simply because it’s easier for parents to see how much food their child is consuming. It also takes less effort to drink from a bottle, so babies (who love to suck) may inadvertently get too much milk while feeding. There is an absolute obsession with babies finishing bottles. Ive seen babies turn away from the bottle and then a caretaker (mostly daycare staff but Ive seen some parents)keep shoving it back in saying You havent finished your bottle yet. Youll see it when moms pump and daycare is obsessed with how many ounces they are taking in. TRUST me he makes it up when they arent there. With breasts babies can suck but not ingest breastmilk. They still get milk from bottles even if they are suckling- even the infant size nipples. |