>This
>baby has rolls and rolls and looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy!

"Pillsbury Dough Boy" is a descriptive term adopted by nutritionists to
describe a child who is iron-deficient and is overconsuming milk as a
result/cause.  The children tend to be overfat and pale.  Iron-deficiency
does change eating habits (think of pica, which often occurs to pregnant
women, and creates in them a strong desire to eat non-food items such as
laundry starch, clay, ice, and freezer frost--this desire/behavior can be
decreased or eliminated with iron supplements).  Frank iron-deficiency in
children is linked to restless or irritable behavior, learning
difficulties, and deficits in intelligence.

At this age, the baby could be iron-deficient, despite a good supply of a
source of well-available iron.  Just a thought.   Of course, there are many
other possibilities, one of which you've described, involving  substitution
of feeding for other calming or interesting activities.  Another
possibility is that the child is fine...

Arly Helm                                       [log in to unmask]
(MS, Nutrition & Food Sciences, CLE, IBCLC; LC for IHC)