For the past two weeks at the same time every single night I battle with my 4 month old to feed him before bed.
It all starts around 7pm when I try to feed him he starts getting agitated and pulls off my breast and starts turning his head to look around, I usually assume he need to burp or just isn't hungry so I go to burp or settle him and he starts to cry and search for my breast again, so I continue to latch him and start feeding but he does the same thing over and over again until around 10pm then he goes down for a 4-6 hour sleep.
It only happens around this time, I don't eat a specific type of food consecutively enough for it to be a diet problem, I drink minimum 1-2L of water a day.
Is it possible that my milk supply is less during this time of the night? Its so stressful and tiring to go through for that long every night!!!

There little buggers aren't they smile

My 6 month old does this too. I often need to go into a quiet room away from all distractions to feed her. At this age they start to get very inquisitive! Also, I find that she does this when she is too tired to feed as well so a little nap might help. For my own sanity I don't let her do it more than a few times before I 'put em away'.

My bub used to do the same thing as well, from tea time till 10-11pm she would be very fussy, she used to pull on and off all the time and like you I assumed she had a burp. So I would burp her then try again, after a while I would give up and give her some floor time, I guess after they are so dependent on you for the first few months with sleeping and feeding that you get used to the pattern and don't assume they want anything else, I found that by giving her some floor time and playing with her, it was distracting her from breast feeding, and once she had had enough play time say 10-15 minutes it would allow her to breast feed better. Even if play time was only 5 minutes. My dd is 6 months now and still she has her fussy moments.

I hope that makes sense, xx

I've tried the quiet room away from any distractions, but he just stares at me like 'why are we here?' I've tried putting a light blanket over him too but he reaches up grabs it and pulls it into his mouth and starts chomping on that! Got to love him though it seems he waits until I'm at my limit with stress and feel like crying then he looks up and giggles and smiles at me the little terror.
Tonight when he did it I just kept standing up and walking to calm him down, it felt like a bit of a marathon but he's finally down now!
It's nice to hear other people have similar issues!

Also, maybe try switching boobs, sometimes my little one prefers one over the other, and don't be concerned about your milk supply if he wasn't getting enough he would let you know, you are still establishing your milk supply at the moment. Don't give up! Keep up the good work smile x

It gets to the point where I'm switching boobs every 3 minuets or so sometimes!
As frustrating as breastfeeding gets at times i'm no where near giving up, it works so well for me, other than this minor issue of course tongue

Have you tried different feeding positions? When my girls were at the age where they like to look around instead of feeding I would lay down on the bed on my side to feed it seemed to help me smile

Hi there smile

Maybe your milk is taking a while to let down?...If you are a bit more tired and stressed at that time of night (i know i am...trying to get dinner, bath, bf, story, bed etc sorted)...then it can sometimes take longer.

My dd used to pull off carry on a bit if the milk wasn't coming fast enough...As a pp mentioned, lying down in bed with dd feeding next to me worked well smile

Goodluck! smile

Have you tried different feeding positions? When my girls were at the age where they like to look around instead of feeding I would lay down on the bed on my side to feed it seemed to help me smile

I was going to suggest this. In the evening my DS wont feed sitting on the couch like at other times of the day I have to go lie down smile

It does help if I feed laying down, but my bub is a very frequent feeder every 1.5-2 hours, so laying in bed all evening into night isn't the best but it does make it easier.
I'm taking fenugreek tablets also have fenugreek tea and always feed on demand but have always felt my supply a little low, there's no chance it can change throughout the day?
I'm not sure what else to do to bump it up!

Have you got a breast pump? Maybe try expressing a little in the mornings that will encourage more milk, as log as bub is putting on weight and isn't screeching he shall be getting enough, I remember when I was pregnant all my friends told me their boobs were so full in the mornings and they would leak heaps so I too was worried I wasn't making enough milk but frequent feeding doesn't allow the milk to store up. Just be persistent with your little oneI'm
Sure it's just a fase babies all go through. If you are worried maybe mention it to the ladies at the clinic next time you go smile

Have you got a breast pump? Maybe try expressing a little in the mornings that will encourage more milk, as log as bub is putting on weight and isn't screeching he shall be getting enough, I remember when I was pregnant all my friends told me their boobs were so full in the mornings and they would leak heaps so I too was worried I wasn't making enough milk but frequent feeding doesn't allow the milk to store up. Just be persistent with your little oneI'm
Sure it's just a fase babies all go through. If you are worried maybe mention it to the ladies at the clinic next time you go smile

I do, I have two actually but I've always had trouble expressing. Granted I've only tried now and again nothing too consistent but every time I try I only get 10-20ml out of each breast.
And yes! I feel like my bub try's to feed so often that he's not giving me enough time to 'fill up' so he has loads of small feeds getting especially bad from 6-10pm, I'm not sure how to break this cycle.

i had a bad time with my 3month old girl and we would stay up till 1 in the morning until i got given a routine by a lady who had been there done that. i started it at xmas and by new years she was sleeping 9-12 hours a night and going down at 7pm. il give it to you and see if you can make it work for you. wake a 7am. sleep at 9 till 11. sleep at 1 till 3. bath at 5.30 feed then sleep at 7. the sleeps in the day dont always go to plan but wakeing her at the same time every morning helps and not leting her sleep more then 2 hours in the day. even if they wake at 5am always wake them at 7am. you can always change the times to fit you like 8am not 7am just move all the times along. i know this isnt really about what your asking but make their last feed around 3 and try play games and do other things til bath time then by the time they get out of the bath they are hungry. i hope what i said helped.
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It does help if I feed laying down, but my bub is a very frequent feeder every 1.5-2 hours, so laying in bed all evening into night isn't the best but it does make it easier.
I'm taking fenugreek tablets also have fenugreek tea and always feed on demand but have always felt my supply a little low, there's no chance it can change throughout the day?
I'm not sure what else to do to bump it up!

I took funugreek, demand fed (every two hours most of the time)expressed the extra to give to DD, it was hard she didn't put on weight she had colic that we found out was reflux, she didn't put weight on (no more than 20gm a week in the first months), at six months she had to have suppliment feeds but i continued to feed her until she was two and a half! But I always "lacked supply". Question is is your bub putting weight on? otherwise my advise would be baby's are quite often fussy in the evenings, but u may never know why your bub fusses at night; it can be really hard, good luck!

It sounds very normal to me, both my babies did this and it wasnt because i had low milk supply or any other reason, i think they all just go through a stage where they r just really fussy, it was always for me from 5pm till 10-11pm and i would be feeding every 30 min or so cos they would fuss at the breast so i would assume they were finished, i would then take them off try to put them down to bed and the crying would begin, i would go in pick up bubs and sure enough they would be searching for the boob so we would start all over, this would continue for hrs it only ever lasted about 6 weeks and then they got into a better bed time routine.

Some people also suggest that the reason why babies do this in the evening is because they r filling their tummies so they can sleep well at night and the fact that u get 4-5 hrs after she finally settles suggests maybe she is doing this and not that u dont have enough milk, otherwise i would have assumed she would have been waking 2 hrs later looking for more food.
Goodluck