<< but now will nurse for 5 max but wants to nurse every hour.>> I'd probably spend some significant time with mom on this one, supporting the normalcy of this. I tend to find that this is very typical behavior. Once a mom is supported in nursing this frequently, and once they fully understand the physiology of the normalcy of this, they begin to find it easier....easier to nurse for five minutes at a time than for 15-20 at a time. Also, if they're shown how to nurse in a sling, then the five minutes isn't even noticeable: they can stop what they're doing if they want to, but don't have to. <<I was on vacation and mom spoke with another consultant who said that baby doesn't know how to recognize when his stomach is full. She had her pumping and feeding him by bottle so that she can control how much he takes. >> Hmmm. << Mom discovered something interesting when she started pumping. She gets a letdown pretty quick and milk flows for about 5 minutes and then stops. She continues to pump, but the next letdown doesn't come for 15 minutes. >> Makes perfect sense then why the baby wants to nurse every hour for five minutes. <<Mom is getting frustrated with breastfeeding, and father, who was supportive a month ago, is now ready to reach for the bottle and get it over with. Thanks. >> Short frequent nursing would increase total fat content, possibly solving any lactose overload and baby would be able to nurse the five mins every hour that he wants.... Two birds with one stone so to speak:) I'd probably give her a handout with some info from Kathy D regarding nursing frequency and milk composition, some info explaining how said frequency could resolve a lactose overload issue and offer to teach her to nurse in the sling, or point her in the direction of a LLL group that is very good with sling usage to get some help with it. If at that point, he's still always irritable, I'd offer mom info on how to go to a very basic diet (cook up a big batch of turkey, rice, millet, summer squash, zucchini and carrots - using only salt, pepper and olive oil), then slowly introduce new food groups every 4-5 days. There is info on this in several parenting books...a friend used the info in one of the little books authored by Martha Sears. The reintro actually goes pretty quickly and sometimes you have a startlingly different baby on your hands in a very short period of time. I find that this is much more helpful than trying to omit things individually, to get no benefit, then find that the offending food never was ommited or was never *fully* ommitted (sneaky little additives). :) katherine in atl *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html