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Fussiness at the breast
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... |
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Could be a number of things really. The most obvious thing would be positioning. Are you making sure you don't have your hand on the back of his head? Little babies can think each finger is a nipple and frantically try to turn towards them if they are on the back of his head. Colic could be another thing, my little boy had that. He would burp beautifully, but he still had colic and there was pretty much nothing other to do than stick it out. The drops didn't really work on him, gripe water did, but you have to wait until they are 1 month old for that. Your milk might be coming down to fast for him, so maybe latch him off and give it a minute then try again. It's not really advisable to alternate between breast and bottle in the first month or so, as it requires different sucking mechanisms and babies can get a bit confused as to what's what. When I left my little boy with a childminder for the first time, he was completely unable to suck from a bottle, bless him. I was really worried that he would not be able to take in any fluids whilst I was out, but it turned out fine. He was able to drink out of a sippy-cup, if aided, straight away, as long as it wasn't milk. He blatently refused to drink any milk that wasn't mine basically. One other thing it could be is that he's not thirsty at all, but just wants to suck for comfort, and then finds that milk comes out when he's not really in the mood. Does he strike you as hungry? Because you could just try giving him different kinds of comfort (singing, dancing, cuddling, craddling, etc...) instead. All the best, let me know how you get on and try not to be in tears, it will only make things worse, because he can feel what you feel! -xxx- Jolande On Sep 4, 4:20 am, "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... |
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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. 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. Good luck |
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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. absolutely, roll on the blue cheese! 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. hmm, it's not that infrequent that I've used a product on my hands, probably not rinsed thoroughly enough and then put something in my mouth with my fingers and got a nasty taste, but I have a suspicion that's not happened with plain soap, but things like acne skin care products, or anti dandruff shampoo, so it might not be a ridculous think to watch out for - but it really shouldn't be a problem, it's not as if you have to wash your breasts prior to feeding... Anne |
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On Sep 4, 1:22 am, Jolande wrote:
One other thing it could be is that he's not thirsty at all, but just wants to suck for comfort, and then finds that milk comes out when he's not really in the mood. Does he strike you as hungry? Because you could just try giving him different kinds of comfort (singing, dancing, cuddling, craddling, etc...) instead. I had way too much milk for my first. Although I had decided we would not use pacifiers, I ended up changing my mind. After 3 days in a row where she screamed for 5 hours straight in the evening it became very clear to me that she just needed to suck but couldn't handle any more milk. I fished out the pacifier from the hospital gift bag and she finally was able to calm down and sleep. We only used it when she really needed to suck and couldn't handle any more milk. By three months, things started to even out and she rarely needed it. By four months, the pacifier had long been a thing of the past. --Betsy |
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I had way too much milk for my first. Although I had decided we would
not use pacifiers, I ended up changing my mind. After 3 days in a row where she screamed for 5 hours straight in the evening it became very clear to me that she just needed to suck but couldn't handle any more milk. I fished out the pacifier from the hospital gift bag and she finally was able to calm down and sleep. We only used it when she really needed to suck and couldn't handle any more milk. By three months, things started to even out and she rarely needed it. By four months, the pacifier had long been a thing of the past. That's what I did with DS as well, he only very rarely uses the pacifier, just if he's upset about something or is teething, or something like that, when he just wants to suck for comfort. --Betsy |
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Jolande's post was very good. I only wanted to add that when my second son
did this it was because he wasn't hungry (like she said). He was content to suck on my pink finger, nail side down, at these times. If he was really hungry he would not accept that. My first son did it because of the fast and furious let down. He grew into it and all was fine Hang in there! -- Nikki, mama to 4 boys |
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