Like most men, DS is a boob man. He can stay on my boob all day. Usually I can tell when he's eating vs when he's comfort nursing. I figured he was eating enough as he has always had a more than appropriate number of wet and dirty diapers. However, at his 2 month appt, the doctor told me that she was concerned that he wasn't eating enough since he is in the 80% for height but only the 25% for weight. She suggested that I offer a bottle after each nursing session to get him to eat more.

After doing this for the past week and a half, I've learned a bit more about his eating habits. If I give DS a bottle and don't nurse, he won't take more than 4-5 oz. When I pump, I consistently get 3-5 oz total. Based on this, I would think that I'm producing enough to cover his needs. However, when I give him a bottle after I nurse him, he will regularly take 2-4 oz. Therefore, I'm thinking he's not actually eating but just comfort nursing half the time.

The doctor thought this was what was causing the change in his sleeping habits (he was sleeping 5-6 hrs at night and now only 3-4) and why he was wanting to eat every 2 hrs or so during the day. Considering he slept for 6hrs 45 min last night, I'm inclined to believe that he was just hungry, even though he never indicated as such.

Has anyone else had this issue and have thoughts on how to get him to nurse better? I was thinking of getting preemie nipples so that he has to work harder to drink his bottle. He does sometime fuss and cry a bit when breastfeeding and I'm thinking it's because he's frustrated that the milk isn't flowing fast enough. Otherwise, I was going to schedule a session with a lactation consultant.

I really want to avoid having to BF and then supplement or move to exclusively pumping. Feeding sessions have gotten much longer.

I appreciate any other help you have!!! Thanks.