Anyone's baby keep rooting after their done eating?

[Irunalot]

I give august is 4oz and i can tell when he's done cuz he just sits at the bottle and stares around. Well when i take it out.. give it a few seconds and he roots for more. Also, i've noticed he'll keep eating or at least sitting on the bottle for as long as he wants. i try to break his attentiion onto other things and it works for awhile... then he's rooting again. I'm not starving him.. i give him what he wants.. but it just seems when he's awake he always roots.

Anyone else notice this too?

[Lucy]

My first thought, looking at the age of your baby, is 6-week growth spurt. Is this new or recent behaviour? It might tail off in a few days. I don't know if he is finishing his bottles but as a general rule, if a ff baby finishes every bottle, increase the amount by 1oz for each feed, this is the way they build up to bigger but fewer feeds :)

[Liz-at-home]

Does he seem to be hungry again a few minutes after each feeding or does he just seem to want to comfort suck?

[Cocomuffin]

alice still does that! lol. after i was sure she was getting enough food (1/2 an oz can make all the differnece to her), i'd switch the bottle for her pacifier. if she just wanted to suck, she'd be content w/ that. if she spat it out, it meant more food! lol. i never wanted to give her the paci but she felt so much better for having something to suck on all day. :rolleyes:

[nj teacher]

Both of my guys do this too.

My Mom finally suggested a pacifier. I didn't want to start that, but I finally got so desperate, especially when Ella started eating so much she'd throw up. It works!

If they keep rooting after 3 ounces (that is the most I like to give at a feeding), I try the pacifier. Most times they take it, suck and fall asleep. Occasionally, if they really are still hungry, they won't take it so I make them another ounce. Then I cut them off, lol!

I think they just want to keep sucking. If you don't have a problem with a pacifier, try it.