@joryanne First of all that's awesome (both your parner and the ball) !
I didn't see your post mention it, but have you tried to offer him some fluid, maybe he is thirsty?
I know current health standards dictates differently, because breastmilk is 90% water, but in the other hand so much more... I believe, even if we follow the strictest rules, due to our modern diet breasts milk become so much more complex to digest, bread (wheat's gluten content became 10 times higher due to breeding process, no wonder a lot of people's digestive system can't handle anymore), additives I foods etc). Earlier I thought the whole feeding on schedule thing was invented to allow mothers to do chores. But what if the real reason is to give the baby's digestive system a break ? 50% of babies are gassy (including mine). I am sure it wasn't a thing back in pre-historic times or we'd extinct bc babies screaming bloody murder all day and a tiger would have eaten the whole camp of homo-somethings.
When I was a child we were fed on schedule and fluids such water or sugary tea was given in between. I was like: that's cruel and what bs is this. But on a second thought: sugar is glucose which babies can digest without an issue. Breastmilk contains a ton of lactose which newborns barely can digest.
I didn't see your post mention it, but have you tried to offer him some fluid, maybe he is thirsty?
I know current health standards dictates differently, because breastmilk is 90% water, but in the other hand so much more... I believe, even if we follow the strictest rules, due to our modern diet breasts milk become so much more complex to digest, bread (wheat's gluten content became 10 times higher due to breeding process, no wonder a lot of people's digestive system can't handle anymore), additives I foods etc). Earlier I thought the whole feeding on schedule thing was invented to allow mothers to do chores. But what if the real reason is to give the baby's digestive system a break ? 50% of babies are gassy (including mine). I am sure it wasn't a thing back in pre-historic times or we'd extinct bc babies screaming bloody murder all day and a tiger would have eaten the whole camp of homo-somethings.
When I was a child we were fed on schedule and fluids such water or sugary tea was given in between. I was like: that's cruel and what bs is this. But on a second thought: sugar is glucose which babies can digest without an issue. Breastmilk contains a ton of lactose which newborns barely can digest.