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Baby cries a lot
Hi, My 10 weeks old baby cries a lot since birth. His weight gain is fine. He pees over 8 times a day and passes motion in 2-3 days. Till 2 months he has been on breastmilk and formula in parallel. Now, I have been feeling he can be brought exclusively on breastmilk but he continues to suck even when he is full and has burped. I am trying to keep him on breastmilk but since he starts crying a lot, all at home feel that he is hungry and requires top feed. Also, he has gases for which I give him carmicide 5 drops daily. Please suggest how to bring the baby totally on breastmilk. Once he cries, it becomes unmanageable since he cries so loudly and fiercely as if something has happened. But once taken to breast, he becomes quiet. So, this shows nothing is paining else he would not have stopped crying. How can I manage his crying without switching to top feed. Particularly at night, his cries increase a lot. He cannot be kept to breast continuously for hours to calm him. Please help.
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Don't worry at all I can understand your situation.. pretty difficult but quite common... Only answer to this issue is keep on giving breastfeeding till he is satisfied... Initially it will take long almost continuous but as the time passes baby will learn to extract milk from the breast quickly. You just need to ensure that baby is gaining weight and passing urine every four hours on exclusive breastfeeding.
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