Thanks Barb and Lulu

I really am just taking breastfeeding one day at a time. One moment I think we are getting on top of it all and then the next I'm in tears ready to give it in . I'm pretty stubborn though- so I hope that holds out!

I saw the CHN today and she saw us feeding and saw how obviously uncomfortable my DS is during a feed (constant wriggling, groaning, pulling off the breast etc) and she said it might be a bit of reflux. So we are going to see if that's the issue.

Funny thing is, DS was a perfect baby while there! Hardly exhibited any of the behaviours I'd just been telling her about (eg bad wind pains after a feed), which is great because he was happy but funny at the same time!

Plus he's put on just over 600g in 2 weeks so she told me not to stress too much about the feeding and to not stress too much if he doesn't seem interested in feeding after only a short time. She said I might be trying to feed him more than he wants and that's why he gets cranky etc.

She also mentioned he might be a 'sandwich feeder'- anyone heard of that? She said he might like to feed for a short time, have a play and then feed for a short time again before going to sleep (rather than feed, play, sleep). I didn't know that was OK to do- does anyone have any advice on this?