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On Sep 3, 10:20 pm, "Numama" u37149@uwe wrote:
I have a question. My baby is 3 weeks old and until a few days ago has been
nursing beautifully. In the past couple of days, he has been struggling and
fussing after a few seconds of nursing. I have heard that babies can get
frustrated that milk is coming to quickly so I've tried taking him off and
pumping and putting him back on and he still follows the same pattern of
sucking/fussing. I have been trying to work on pumping my milk and
introducing a bottle occasionally with him since I am absent from him for a
couple hours during the day. Could this be causing too much milk to come in
and causing him to do this pattern? He does the same thing on the bottle as
well. Also, he seems to do it more in the evening and usually does fine
during the day. I have been burping him regularly as well to see if it's gas
and he'll burp but still do the same thing once he's on the breast again.
Help! We are both often ending in tears these days...



Hi !


Sounds like your child is having a reaction more likely from your
milk. Believe it or not they can taste certain flavors and spices
from food we eat ourselves distrubutited in thier breastmilk. It is
very important in the first few weeks of nursing to consume a very
bland diet.

That's rarely true. Some babies will dislike particular tastes, but
they're the exception rather than the rule. (I've heard some babies can
actually prefer the spicier tastes!) Of course, a mother *may* find
that she needs to avoid particular foods, but that's unusual and there
is no way I would advise this as a general measure to nursing mothers.
Any kind of reasonably healthy diet is almost always fine.

Also do not wash your breasts with soap when nursing as
infants will react to the bitter taste left behind from the soap and
not latch on.

Again, I really doubt that this is anything other than a rare problem.
Wash your breasts with whatever you like, unless you specifically think
there's a problem in which case you could try without soap for a while &
see how you get on.


All the best,

Sarah
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