wonder week!
He's still really, really little. It'll get better with time.
They feed for all sorts of reasons and comfort is one of them and that's ok. My DS was like this. My DD not. Just one of those things.
Just wait till 3-4 months, then all of a sudden he'll be so interested in theworld around him that you'll have a hard time getting him to feed
As is 7 weeks is a wonder week? I don't have the book.
On the up-side, I got my first huge gummy grin today. It was so beautiful it made me cry. Pulled him out of the bath and kept him skin-to-skin to keep him warm. He just gazed up at me and beamed for ages. Felt like I was getting a 'thanks Mummy'. Of course, after about 5 minutes he did a huge lunge, located a booby and resumed his favorite activity!
I remember reading that when a baby has colic they often can't distinguish the feeling between hunger, so perhaps he is feeding lots when he has colic because he "thinks" he is hungry...? Also, like you mentioned, I think feeding also soothes the colic as well. I'm pretty sure it helped with DS when he was a bub. DS also fed 1-2 hourly around the clock, but thankfully I didn't have a toddler at the same time. DD is still feeding at least 3 hourly around the clock, but I'm lucky that she is a really quick feeder. I really hope things improve for you soon! Can you try something like Infant's Friend to try to soothe the colic? I even went on from that to Infacol for a while to ease DS's discomfort.
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