>What to do with a 4 months old baby who keeps breast feeding every hour,
>doesn't take
>a pacifier. The longest periods between the feedings is 1 and a half hour.
>The mother
>is tired of all this and want to switch to a bottle !!!

I expect in some people's (like Kathy D) opinion this is probably 'normal'
;), but I can understand how a Western mother would take this as meaning
she should go to the bottle.

Two possibilities spring immediately to my mind, according to other signs
in the baby - either:
- too little milk (ie low supply and baby struggling to get enough), or
even just a growth spurt (has this been going on all along, or recent
development?), or
- too much milk so baby is getting colicky from lactose overload. Food
intolerances could be involved here making baby unsettled and wanting to
feed for comfort frequently, plus adding to problem with lactose overload.

Can you give us more details about baby's output, weight gains, earlier
feeding history, etc?

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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