To be honest, this time everything looks confusing. With my son, I breastfed until he was a year and…

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To be honest, this time everything looks confusing. With my son, I breastfed until he was a year and three months old, and there were hardly any questions, but with this little one, it's all problems. Let's start with the fact that she's gaining more than enough weight. At four months, she weighed 8 kg. But during the day, she acts like she's starving: she eats for five minutes and then throws it all away, and immediately asks for more again. I hold the second breast—it gets easier—but an hour later she's crying again, as if hungry, and starts nursing once more. At first, I thought she was just calming down, but I started noticing that her diaper is almost dry after four hours during the day. In other words, she pees literally only once a day. In general, I think we should weigh her and see how much she's gained in the last 10 days. And if the gain is small, does only the pediatrician decide on supplementary feeding? Or has anyone introduced it themselves, maybe adding formula during the day? At night, she often lingers at the breast and seems to only get full then, since milk is produced better at night. But during the day, the breast works stiffly: the baby nurses for a couple of minutes and then just hangs there, barely swallowing at all. Why is this happening? I drink plenty of water.
Дочке новые навыки даются только через истерики. Вот не могла она повернуться на живот и орала в ист…
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Shashkova Anna
Could be teething. Growth spurt. 4 hours is normal
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Lyubanya
From the maternity hospital, she's on supplemental feeding. Maybe she's not getting enough milk volume. You can introduce supplemental feeding yourself.
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Olga
Shashkova Anna I'm thinking about the teeth too. But with diapers, it used to be much fuller by this time...
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mariya
Regarding infrequent urination. Weigh the diaper. Clean - record it. Change it - record it. Look at the dynamics for a day or two. I weighed it like this in the infectious diseases ward, and the doctors checked if the baby was drinking and urinating normally. If it seems like they're urinating too little, ask for a kidney ultrasound. My son had hydronephrosis and reflux. He always urinates very little.
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yuliya
My son is 8 months old and weighs 8 kg, why would you need formula then?
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Elena Utyanskaya
Maybe just give her some water? She's gaining weight well.
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Inna
Are you serious? Your baby weighs 8 kg at 4 months old, which is almost the weight of a one-year-old, and you're asking about supplementing their feed. Are you kidding me????
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Inna
Lyubanya Where did you see a shortage?????
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Inna
Shashkova Anna The heating just came on, and the baby is warm, so they're peeing less.
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Kristin★
I weaned myself off breastfeeding and gave formula, which is how I stopped breastfeeding.
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Olga
Kristin★ Well, I'm not forcing it. I don't want to give up breastfeeding yet
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Olga
Inna She was born at 4300 grams, that's one.
Second, I feel like my milk production has decreased in the last 10 days. This is a current problem, not a long-term one.
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Olga
mariya She got it done at one month, everything was fine. When did you find out?
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Olga
Lyubanya Why are you so fixated on these 8 kg? My son was also big. My daughter was born weighing 4200g. I've noticed a problem for the last 10 days. I haven't weighed her, so I don't know if she's gaining weight now or not.
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Olga
Inna All kids are different. My son weighed 12 kg at one year old. Now he's at the lower end of the normal weight range for his age. Don't worry.
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Olga
Shashkova Anna Thank you. Is that all you wanted to say?
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Talantseva Evgeniya
Inna Less milk means lactation is establishing, which is the exact age when it comes in only during feeding.
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Lyubanya
Lyubanya The baby is beautiful as they are, if you feel like you're not producing enough milk, then that's how it is.
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Yuliya Glazyrina
It's pretty much the same here, hands and toys all go in the mouth, and the diaper is sometimes empty and then suddenly heavy. I can feel it myself that my lactation is establishing itself again.
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Olga
Inna That's exactly the thing, it feels like it's not coming. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding something. She starts to eat. She latches on, and within a minute or so, the letdown happens (meaning she sucks - swallows, sucks - swallows), and then the letdown ends. She latches on maybe 10 times - swallow, 10 times - swallow. She has the patience for about 10-15 minutes. She lets go - comes back - lets go - comes back. And then she starts to cry. After the second breast, she seems to catch up, and her mood improves. Lactation was established long ago, at 1.5 months, and now everything seems to work differently again 🤪
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Olga
Yuliya Glazyrina Fingers crossed for a temporary change 🙏
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Evgeniya
Feed fully from one breast, then switch to the other for the next feeding. If you want to supplement with formula, that's your choice—you don't need permission from the pediatrician. I think teeth coming in and eating faster is already normal.
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Inna
Lyubanya So that's 4 kg in 4 months. Where's the deficiency or problem??
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Inna
Lyubanya Nonsense. Lactation crises do happen.
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Inna
Lyubanya Nonsense. Lactation crises are real. The main indicator of low milk supply is the baby not gaining enough weight; but in this case, that's not happening.
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Anna
I read other comments and thought, maybe you should just start with complementary feeding?
I started my daughter at 4.5 months on the doctor's recommendation, she's petite. She gobbled up porridge like there was no tomorrow, and also started drinking water and juices. Breastfeeding lasted until she was 1 year and 7 months old.
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Olga
Evgeniya It's hard to grasp exactly what 'fully' means. She's been hanging on for about 15 minutes now, getting upset that she still hasn't felt another gush.
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Schastlivaya
Inna So even if she was born at 4300g, that's 1kg per month. That's great!
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Olga
Inna Problem for the last 10 days
I don't know how much she has gained during this time
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Olga
Lyubanya Did you even read the post? The problem has been happening for the last 10 days. I haven't weighed her since then
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