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Same here, and just about the same age! I think for us it's mostly a distraction thing -- like, he knows he needs to eat, but doesn't have the patience for it. I switch sides with him more often, which seems to pacify him a bit.

Around 4-5 months my LO got super interested in the world around her but she was also becoming an efficient little eater. Sometimes she'd only spend a couple minutes and then want to go play. It was kind of annoying but I just fed her when she was less distracted or in little bursts. I also introduced a spoon to her, which might have been a mistake but we would put pumped milk on the spoon and since that was new and interesting she would focus and eat a ton.

It's still happening, and my supply may have adjusted accordingly, but I figure it is better that it match his needs. I think somewhere I read that a BF baby's intake peaks around 4 months and then levels off. As long as you're still seeing the normal "outputs" I probably wouldn't worry.

My 12 week old does this every once in a while, and it's usually because she needs to be burped. Sometimes is she's extremely fussy and just won't calm down because she has a lot of gas in her tummy, I give her Mylicon drops. That gets her to burp and calm down so we can continue nursing.

This happened to me. The Nursing strike. But unfortunately in my case it name came back.