Ok, I feel sort of dumb that I have to ask this, but how do I know if I have oversupply? I've read lots of posts and things talking about block feeding, about babies being gassy or having green poo, etc. How do I know if that's the issue?
Sometimes I wonder if baby has a food intolerance (ds1 and I both have food allergies), but after reading some of the above things, I wonder if it could be from oversupply or a milk imbalance, so fill me in. I partly wonder, too, because often when ds2 eats (he is 6 wk, btw), he wants to eat but then chokes and coughs, comes off sputtering and crying, but desperately latches on again only to do the same. I wonder if it's just coming too fast for him.
I do leak a lot at night, not during the day. I am sometimes bursting at the seams come morning, even though he only tends to go about 3 hour stretches. He generally goes 3 hours both day and night, but at night doesn't tend to nurse that well because he falls back to sleep. He usually only nurses for about 5 minutes per side because he gulps pretty fast. Spits up sometimes, but not huge amounts.
During the day, particularly in the evening, baby occas. has crying episodes where he arches his back and just seems uncomfortable. Don't know if I should blame this on something or if it's just normal.
His poos are runny, seedy, and vary between mustard color and slightly greenish.
Educate me, please??!! And, if I do have oversupply or imbalance, what do I do to help?
Sometimes I wonder if baby has a food intolerance (ds1 and I both have food allergies), but after reading some of the above things, I wonder if it could be from oversupply or a milk imbalance, so fill me in. I partly wonder, too, because often when ds2 eats (he is 6 wk, btw), he wants to eat but then chokes and coughs, comes off sputtering and crying, but desperately latches on again only to do the same. I wonder if it's just coming too fast for him.
I do leak a lot at night, not during the day. I am sometimes bursting at the seams come morning, even though he only tends to go about 3 hour stretches. He generally goes 3 hours both day and night, but at night doesn't tend to nurse that well because he falls back to sleep. He usually only nurses for about 5 minutes per side because he gulps pretty fast. Spits up sometimes, but not huge amounts.
During the day, particularly in the evening, baby occas. has crying episodes where he arches his back and just seems uncomfortable. Don't know if I should blame this on something or if it's just normal.
His poos are runny, seedy, and vary between mustard color and slightly greenish.
Educate me, please??!! And, if I do have oversupply or imbalance, what do I do to help?
