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October 27, 2009 at 12:16 pm #64366

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I’m wondering if this is reflux related or not. My 2.5 month old seems to want to only eat a couple ounces but then is hungry 2 hours later. I know with my oldest son he would easily go 3 hours between eating, but he didn’t have reflux. I would love to have an eat/play/sleep routine with him as it worked so well with my older son, but with his short naps and eating habits it’s really hard to do that.

I can only get 3oz. in him at a time…many times only 2. He’s a big boy too at 13.5 lbs. It seems like he is almost in the habit now of eating right before sleep which I know they say you shouldn’t do. I wonder how hard that will be to break? He doesn’t fall asleep at the bottle…he just gets drowsy enough for his short 30 minute nap!

October 28, 2009 at 8:45 pm #64385

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eh! who’s ‘they?’
LOL!
do whatever works until it doesn’t work anymore…
that’s my motto…
right now you’re on the road to figuring out meds, etc, perhaps even diet…
it’s not possible (in my opinion) to do any kind of anything until you get the pain under control…so hold that baby, wear that baby (check out the links/info under ‘babywearing’ in Groupie Intro) and it’ll work out for THIS baby…every baby is different…

October 31, 2009 at 2:53 pm #64403

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he seems pretty young to be getting into a regular routine. even a baby without reflux might not be in a regular routine at this age.

October 31, 2009 at 4:12 pm #64405

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For the first few weeks after he was born he was doing great eating about every 3 hours. I’m pretty sure he’s just comfort eating now so I do feed him just because it’s all that will make him settle down. I know it feels good to him but it’s also tricky because it’s hard to hold him upright after eating before he needs to sleep since he’s eating so frequently. He’s a very picky sleeper too…needs to be in his room where it’s very dark so it’s hard to hold him while he sleeps or wear him. I know having somewhat of a flexible eating pattern also helps with stabilizing their digestive metabolism. We’re just taking it day by day! Or…hour by hour I guess! 😉
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Wish he would eat more…