It's almost noon. You've been up with your baby since 5 A.M., and you haven't yet taken a shower or gotten dressed because twenty minutes after he finished nursing, he wanted to nurse again. Clearly, you think, your baby is starving. You wonder if you should start supplemental bottles of formula. The answer is no, because this is a growth spurt.

Your baby has suddenly jumped up to a higher nutritional requirement level, and will nurse to increase your milk supply — which is exactly as nature intended. You may have a rough day or so, but very quickly your baby's hunger and your milk supply will be back in synch and feeding times will be back to normal.

Expect days when you do nothing but nurse. Console yourself with the fact that you are actually accomplishing a lot — building up your milk supply — and don't go running for a bottle.