growth spurt???

Hey fellow parents,

I was wondering if my dd is going through another growth spurt. She is 14 weeks old today, and I'm pretty sure she went through the 3 month one a couple of weeks ago (not really feeding much more during the day but woke up during the night for extra feeds - unusual these days). But for the past couple of days she has been very hard to settle, wont sleep long when she does, and wants to eat every couple of hours. She usually goes 3-4 hours between feeds and is good in that she wont feed if she isnt hungry, she will turn away from my breast, but at the moment it seems that is all she wants. I can also usually tell when she is comfort sucking rather than feeding, and this mainly is feeding, till she gets too tired to suck very hard. I'm really lucky that my usual low milk supply is currently boosted and keeping up with her demands, but I am concerned about the lack of sleep and the methods I am having to use to get her to sleep (albeit very briefly). I wasnt expecting another growth spurt so soon. I am prepared to ride it out for another day or two before getting concerned, but would appreciate some advice or comments (& support!) from those who have gone through this before me. Or suggestions of what else might be going on. I'm sure her previous growth spurts werent quite like this! Or maybe I've just forgotten already! Do you think I'll be able to get her sleeping again routinely after this? And going to sleep quickly and quietly? She is fighting sleep so much at the moment its not funny!
Thanks.

Hi, I had thought about the heat, but its been hot and humid for a while, and its only the past day or two that she has been extra hungry (full on eating too! she is getting more than foremilk!) and not sleeping. We have a fan in her room and atm she wears just nappies and gets swaddled when asleep (or trying to sleep!) It would be nice to just let her lie there in her nappy, but we have gone back to swaddling as it settles her better for a longer sleep. I'd also love her to take a bottle with some cooled, boiled water to help with the thirst, but she is refusing that too!
Thanks for the suggestions!

Apparently when it's hot your breast milk can be a bit more watery (to hydrate baby better). That's why we're told that BF babies don't usually need to be fed extra water. So maybe it's just taking some extra feeds for her to really feel full. It could also be a growth spurt... hopefully it doesn't last long and she settles soon!!! If your supply has been boosted, then you're keeping up with her demands and probably the only thing you can do is continue to feed her when she's hungry. Just make sure you're getting plenty of rest :)

The feeding might be linked to her sleeping. My girls day sleeping changed dramatically about the same age (for the worse unfortunately) and as a result they began to feed 2 - 2.5 hourly.

I also went back to swaddling (and a large number of other methods to try to get them to settle and stay asleep) and on the days they slept well their feeding was back to 3-4 hourly.