Oh! 3mo growth spurt! - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

laurabelle1317 · 06-22-2006, 04:46 PM

Oh! I think DS has hit his 3 month growth spurt. He was fussy yesterday. And today he has had crying fits all of a sudden showing he wants to nurse. (I usually try to feed him before he cries, but this has been all of a sudden.) He hasn't been napping well. And he has been wanting to nurse all day long. I have rented a baby scale for 2 days so I could weigh him before and after he eats to see how much he is eating total throughout the day. Well...this has turned out not to be such a great time to have done that since he is nursing pretty much all day long. So there isn't always a real distinction between each feeding session. Now that I have recognized that I Think he is growth spurting, then I know I must plow through the next few days as he helps to increase my milk supply. All I have been able to get done today is throwing a load of laundry into the wash. I didn't even get to put it in the dryer, DHdid. So...lots of nursing! He's a growing boy!

Gayle0000 · 06-22-2006, 05:11 PM

Oh boy...I remember the last really obvious growth spurt DD had. That was at 3 months. I recall when she was in her 4th month, I had realized she hadn't had a spurt in a while. I've never experienced an obvious one since (she's 9 mo now).

At that 3 month spurt, DD's lasted for 8 days! Feedings were intense all thru the night. I just sat/slept in a chair all night holding & feeding DD. She ate a little more often than normal during the day...I handled that fine...but the nights...ugh. I was getting maybe 2-3 hours of sleep over the course of each night.

Glad that's over with. Good luck to you. Hoping yours doesn't last as long as DD's did!

laurabelle1317 · 06-22-2006, 06:31 PM

I really hope DS's doesn't last that long!! We are moving not this weekend but next weekend and still have packing to do! I expected a growth spurt around this time and hoped it wouldn't be in our last week here in case we still have packing to do. And this is the first time I have realized DS is having a growth spurt. The ones early on I never noticed.

debating · 06-22-2006, 07:36 PM

I'm going through the same thing here. At one point she got SO upset that it took me a while to get her calmed down enough to nurse. My nipples haven't hurt this bad since she was born. She nursed from 10:30 this morning until ONE in the afternoon, and would NOT come up for air. My poor nips.

soon2bmommy · 06-22-2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by North_of_60

My poor nips.

Sorry, had to comment on how great of a laugh that gave me.. I've been having a bad nite, thanks for the smile