Gah the 4 months fuss... I remember it well... Its actuallly the time where babies become more cognative in their surroundings. Most can support their heads well and look around, see further than before and have better focus. and why on earth should you be such a terrible mummy and force them to look at you and a boob when there is so much going on around them to look at.
They are on the precipice of learning to sit too... and what you will find... is that before any milstone is reached (walking, crawling, sitting) they turn into little fustrated monsters
Its difficult to say if its a supply issue at this stage because by 4 months your body starts to regulate your breastmilk supply so your boobs WONT feel as full.. you won't leak and you may not even notice your let down. Obviously people who introduce formula will notice a significant drop in their milk supply because the formula is telling your body not to produce as much before, because your baby is getting their milk else where which, as in Lisa&Alex case, probably led to the milk supply completely dropping and eventually causing a nursing strike
Its not always the case but its common which is why organisations like La Leche League don't advise introducing formula to help with "sleep" and fussiness. Every mother (even the forumula feeding ones) mention that there is a great deal of fuss around the 4 month stage. But because booby babies have to work harder to get the milk out they tend to be more fussy because all babies are generally lazy creatures.
Lil miss also dropped centiles and continues to do so in terms of weight, booby babies don't tend to follow centiles the same way bottle babies do... very slow continual weight gain for booby babies, which is why it has been suggested they are less prone to obesity in later life
I try and make sure that the height remains ok though as that for me indicates she is still doing well. Weight has a lot to do with whether they are very active, have been ill etc. I do find though that docs/HV/MW put a lot of panicky emphasis on weight charts, which is unnecessary. Babies who are loosing weight and to ill effect tend to look ill too... so again trust your instincts... if your LO is listless, or sleepy or not very alert then you need to look at adding formula for gaining weight... I also found that taking time out to go into a dark room every time lil miss fed, actually MADE her feed better. THere was nothing to look at. But then we have shutter blinds which block out all the light. So it was easy. Maybe invest in some black out blinds?
But just keep feeding as often as possible.
Also people say teething at this age is too soon... LIl miss got her first tooth just before 4 months and the second followed soon after. So its entirely possible.
poor things.
You are doing just fine hun... keep at it. Breastfeeding is hard... trust your instincts, do the research, and do what you feel is right. Remember there are loads of long term breastfeeders on here who have been there too and we are more than happy to answer every single one of your 490384903820 questions
ans support you all the way whatever you decide to do.... its what forums are for
I could have done this exact post as Reggie has started being fussy and is therefoe drinking less in the day as I end up giving up as he keeps pulling off so I leave it til he's hungry enough to stick at it. But he's waking up every 3 hours again in the night to feed so he is making up for it there. Must be the growth spurt!
xx
... and I'm reminded of the 4 month fuss stage... 
