Witching Hour?

Question

My baby breastfeeds fine all day with no issues then 4:00/5:00 PM hits and she has such a hard time eating. She’ll latch on for a second then pull away scream crying. She should be hungry but she can’t calm down to eat. Every time she latches on she gets so upset and cries until she’s red in the face. It’s so sad! I don’t have a fast letdown so I don’t think that’s the issue. Just wondering if anyone else experiences this and if it’s possibly what people call “the witching hour”.  It usually last for a few hours. (She’s 3 weeks old)

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Tummy pains. Try gas drops - mylicon.  We used them every night for a few weeks until this phase passed. Try eliminating dairy from your diet to and Read up on gassy foods to avoid while breastfeeding

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My baby is 2wks old and currently doing the same thing, all of a sudden lastnjght super fussy latching on and off seems uncomfortable then finally at 8 fell asleep.  My first was similar and I think it’s the witching hours.  I also read at 2wks they are having a growth spurt

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My baby cluster feeds from 8pm to 11pm. It is the same every day, currently 3 weeks old. Some family members have implied I don’t produce enough milk but I am sure my supply is fine. She is pooping and peeing normal and I can tell she is drinking when I feed her. When I pump I get 4 oz. 
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Same here! Ours wants to eat eat eat and never nap nap nap during that time.

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My baby is 2 weeks old, she’s similar. Cluster feeds non stop from about 17.00 to 20.00 and won’t settle. 
Have you tried lots of skin to skin to help her calm down? We do skin to skin and a warm bath and that sometimes works xx

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We have a similar situation where she will cluster feed from 5pm til 8pm, it makes supper time in our house very tough

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