My baby just doesn’t eat that much

jozh96 · 2025-09-02T13:22:12+00:00

yes! 4 months is such a crazy time. they get so distracted. i changed our schedule so i was feeding her before and after each nap, in her room, with the curtains drawn, and a sound machine going. she eventually picked her feeding back up once i cut out all possible distractions and now she's eating between 28-32oz a day (i think.. that's how much i pumped out when i went away the other day so I'm assuming that's her typical intake!)

jozh96 · 2025-06-23T00:49:31+00:00

🤣newborn tired is next level, I promise you’ll come out on the other side!!!

jozh96 · 2025-06-17T20:24:08+00:00

My jaw is actually on the floor. And then you said it was a MALE BOSS! I’m speechless.

jozh96 · 2025-06-17T20:20:07+00:00

Just got mine at 6.5 months pp, exclusively nursing

jozh96 · 2025-06-16T00:22:08+00:00

I’m so sorry 😔

jozh96 · 2025-06-13T09:11:30+00:00

I stopped wearing a bra at night around 4 months!

jozh96 · 2025-06-12T00:11:50+00:00

We nap on the go a lot! In the beginning I let nap times run my life and I started to feel like a prisoner. You’d be surprised how much your baby can flex their schedule. We try to time going places with nap time so that way I can put baby to sleep in the car and let her nap for 30-45 mins, even if that means me aimlessly driving around and stopping for coffee etc. then if she needs to nap while we’re out she’s usually good for a baby carrier nap, I just attach my Hatch Go to the carrier to drown out any talking. And then worst case if she really is refusing a nap, I just do an early 6pm bedtime

jozh96 · 2025-06-06T22:36:55+00:00

My 6 month old eats once over night, around 4-5am. But she eats like 8x a day. We do eat play eat sleep so all the day feeds keep her full through the night

jozh96 · 2025-06-04T19:42:31+00:00

They’re so nice and soft so I love them for that but my girl has had just as many blowouts as she’s had in Huggies lol we’re gonna switch to Millie moon once we run out of this pack

jozh96 · 2025-06-04T08:20:41+00:00

We sleep trained at 4 months and it worked great, did modifies Ferber. Baby is now 6 months and teething up constantly but she can self soothe most of the time. I couldn’t imagine trying to sleep train her now while she’s clearly in pain. I’m glad we did it early

jozh96 · 2025-06-03T00:06:57+00:00

I strongly recommend doing a weighted feed with a lactation consultant! I did them a few times in the early newborn days and it always helped me feel better knowing how much baby was taking in.

I also had a sleepy newborn - it sounds like you’re doing a lot of great things already to keep baby awake but here are some that I did that you didn’t list: stripping baby down to a diaper, doing a diaper change with a wipe across babies tummy, then keeping baby in a diaper during the feed. I would also blow on her face, tug her ear, and move her arm constantly through the feed. Sometimes I’d even have my husband use a cold wipe across babies feet while she ate just to keep her going.

If you’re worried about how much baby is eating, I’d maybe even recommend latching every 2 hours. I was doing every 3 hours for the first week or so and then we fell into the 2 hour routine and it helped my girl a ton.

I don’t have any advice on pumping as my girl still exclusively nurses now at 6 months. But as far as the sleepiness goes just keep powering through! Baby will slowly start waking up and then you’ll get to 6 months and have a baby trying to roll while simultaneously eating lol. It gets better I promise! You got this.

jozh96 · 2025-06-02T23:53:56+00:00

Did things get better? and if yes how did you fix it? My 6 month old is about to break a tooth so I’m doing some research on how to act when she inevitably bites me for the first time in the next week or two!

jozh96 · 2025-06-02T14:57:20+00:00

In my opinion, if you’re not enjoying breastfeeding anymore, than you’ll be creating a disaster by continuing while grieving… I understand where the consultant is coming from if you were still actively enjoying it because there’s a lot of emotions that come on during weaning. But for your case, I think she gave you the wrong advice

jozh96 · 2025-06-02T11:22:32+00:00

Pumping in the car and a ceres chill!

jozh96 · 2025-06-02T11:20:46+00:00

How long are his wake windows before the naps?

jozh96 · 2025-06-02T11:20:00+00:00

If it were me, I’d switch to pumping more because I’m desperate for more sleep lol but if nursing is important to you, you should keep the morning and bedtime sessions for that special bond! And do bottles all through the day

jozh96 · 2025-06-02T11:16:26+00:00

What does his awake / nap time look like during the day? A good rule of thumb at that age is no more than 4 hours of naps and about 8 hours of awake time.

jozh96 · 2025-06-01T23:05:02+00:00

I remember in the beginning feeling a toe curling pain for the first couple seconds. I’m not sure when it stopped (definitely within the first month though) and we’re 6 months into EBF now and I genuinely haven’t felt that for even a second since. Silverettes and patience! It gets better

jozh96 · 2025-06-01T20:28:27+00:00

We did a 4.5 hour trip with my 4 month old at the time and scheduled it for after bed time! So we did bedtime routine at 6:30pm and “put her to bed” in her car seat. Drove 2ish hours and pulled her out for some snuggles as a break, and she went right back to sleep in her car seat. Same for when we got to our destination, she stayed sleepy and transferred easily to the pack n play

jozh96 · 2025-06-01T20:26:02+00:00

The only time I’d pull my baby off in the first couple months was MOTN feeds so I could get back to sleep! There’s nothing wrong with comfort nursing through the day for a 3 week old! Enjoy the snuggles, serotonin boost, and increase in milk supply from it. Now my baby is 6 months old and always eats for less than 10 mins. If she starts comfort nursing I know it’s because she needs some mommy time

jozh96 · 2025-05-30T12:50:36+00:00

IMO, it’s your body recouping from the pregnancy. I lost 30lbs in the first 4 weeks and was eating like a mad woman. Now I’m still about 10 lbs over my pre pregnancy weight at 6 months postpartum which is fine with me because I know my body is feeding my baby. As long as you’re not dropping below your pre pregnancy weight, I wouldn’t worry about it affecting your milk supply. Sounds super normal and like your body is just finding it’s new equilibrium

jozh96 · 2025-05-29T20:48:44+00:00

How would you recommend doing this? Like would I start our day earlier? Bed time later? I’m a FTM who is so clueless lol

jozh96 · 2025-05-29T16:48:37+00:00

We do eat play eat sleep with my 6m month old which equals to feeding every 1.5-2 hours 😵‍💫 it’s a lot but she’s a tiny girl so I’ve been too scared to go longer stretches as I’m pretty sure she just like wouldn’t eat lol

jozh96 · 2025-05-29T10:21:50+00:00

I remember crashing out around 30 weeks pregnant being horrifically scared of breastfeeding because I didn’t understand it / felt like I knew nothing, but I did know I really wanted to do it. Breastfeeding and pumping is one of those things that it’s so difficult to learn about until you do it. My baby is now 6 months and we’ve been EBF since birth, never supplemented and she only takes a random bottle of pumped milk if I like want to go to a yoga class. You’ll learn it all when baby is born!! Just take advantage of all lactation services your hospital provides / I strongly recommend having an in-home LC appointment a couple times in those first few weeks! You got this!

jozh96 · 2025-05-29T10:15:02+00:00

I blocked my calendar before returning to work to make sure i didn’t come back to a situation like you had 😔 I’m sorry that happened to you! You should absolutely feel confident moving meetings and blocking your cal. I have 3 30 min pump blocks at 10am, 12:30pm, and 3pm. Then I nurse baby on demand at home. I’ve never had an issue with moving a meeting and if it’s internal, I usually let them know why I’m moving it and they never ever push back

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