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[quote=Anonymous]FTM here....baby is a week and a half old and we had just gotten breast feeding relatively under control. Baby lost a lot of weight after birth and it has been increasing healthfully with the help of persistence and supplementary syringe feelings. 
However, baby is now in the 7-10 day growth spurt window, has been for a couple of nights, and is either cluster feeling or using me as a human pacifier. I cannot put him down, I cannot even change nursing positions (so I have to hunch over and it's so uncomfortable)

I don't know how to deal with this -  I have gotten maybe 9hrs of sleep since we came home from the hospital and I cannot sustain this.  My husband says we should bottle feed but I don't want to give up on the breast yet. This is having a huge emotional toll on me - I do not fee indeed to my baby and I cry multiple times a night from exhaustion.  I don't want to end up resenting this time/stage but it its going in that direction.

I have been to the breast feeding center and they helped with his latch and some other things, but he only behaves this way at night. Maybe he isn't getting enough food?

Help!![/quote]

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