What do you do if bub has breast refusal?? I must admit I get so stressed over it sometimes.. I try not to though. He can be so fussy. Some days we wake up and start the day with a BF and the rest of the day he feeds beautifully. Other days it can be 11am and he still hasn't fed. That's when I will coax him a bit more.. there is a fine line between coaxing and forcing and I definitely don't want to force him... I took him to an osteo path to make sure it's not positional.. The osteo didn't seems to think it was.. He's just fussy lol..
I am also finding it more difficult to feed in public because of this fussiness. I guess now too he is getting older and gets distracted a bit more easily, coming off and leaving my boob there lol..
What you describe is quite common BAL - you have the added stress of everything that has come before this, though
Gentle coaxing is the way, and back off if he just doesn't want it. Their feeding patterns do change with time - the get shorter, fewer, more at certain times of day and less at others.
One way to encourage more feeds is to think about the sorts of times when he's happy to feed and try to recreate those conditions, if you can, or concentrate on feeding more at those times and don't sweat it if he doesn't want it so much other times.
It sounds like you're doing great!
BAL - DD2 can't get through a feed without taking as much time to look around and smile at me as she does to actually feed. Lol Each feed is taking longer now than it did when she was a newborn!
I can't believe how quickly this is passing. I'm enjoying what time is left of exclusive bfing, it is so much easier than adding other food!
I can't believe DS2 can be finished a feed in about 5 min. DS1 was about 15-20 min for a feed. DS2 must be getting enough milk though - just over 1.5kg gained and 4.5cm in length in 4.5weeks; just wish he'd burp - we have to wait for it to come out the other end (overnight of course) with assistance (needs legs to be bicycled); trying infants friend tonight to see if we can get the wind out a bit easier. DS2 has burped clearly maybe a dozen times that I have heard.
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Is it normal to be so hungry all the time?? I swear I'm eating more than when I was pregnant!!
Downside will be when I stop BF I'll have to actually stop eating everything in sight lol! Some how I don't think I'll be able to keep doing it and not put on weight!
Woohoo BG! Well done, BG! Does DD still feed often? DD1 was down to two a day by then.
I wonder if DD2 will bf for that long? She doesn't bf to sleep or for comfort, so I have a feeling she won't need bfing for as long as DD1. I'm enjoying our last weeks of exclusive bfing. Can't believe DD2 is 5 mths on Monday.
BAL I'm having issues with extremely fussing feeding too at the moment. DD is three and a half months and she has been like this for around three weeks. She does not refuse the breast but goes in for a mouthful then SCREAMS blue murder, pulls off, arches her back, then goes back in for another mouthful, then repeats the scream etc. The community health nurse said maybe fast flow or forceful letdown but I'm not sure... she sometimes does it before I've felt letdown. And how fast is 'fast flow'? I never squirt but she does sometimes choke and her mouthfuls sound super loud like I can hear stuff going down her throat. Oh and she is a very powerful sucker - no gentle sipping here! I've tried feeding lying down, reclined etc but it makes no difference.
However one thing that sometimes works is waiting until she is truly hungry. I only tried it because a friend said maybe she wasn't that hungry as DD also has been happily distracted of late too while feeding - smiling and 'talking' and reaching up to touch my face and put her hand in my mouth. I had been feeding her on average every 2-2.5 hours (demand feeding) and every time I was able to draw the feed to within around 15 minutes of the three hour mark she drank completely without much fussing at all. But this does not support the fast flow as a reason for the crying because surely after three hours my milk would come out even more forcefully? When she's in the mood she is just hysterical. Sometimes the crying continues for a few minutes after I have taken her off the boob too.
BG congratulations! I am so admiring of long term breastfeeders.
really depends on the day Jen - some days (like today) it's only one in the morning and night. others she'll feed a few times through the day. this week it's been heaps cos we've both been unwell. i figure her feeding is better than her dehydrating so i just run with it. i think she thinks it gives me the same comfort it does her - when i'm not well and laying down, she HAS to feed - like she is trying to give me comfort too. it's very cute (even if i'm fighting the urge to hurl the whole time lol)
bg - happy 3rd birthday to your dd & congrats on your 3yrs of bfing!
jen - i can't believe your dd is nearly 5 months! it feels like i was only just reading your birth story!
ladylove - how is your dd if you do wait that bit longer? you say she feeds better which is good - if she's not distressed to wait that bit longer then i'd stretch her out.
i am finding it really uncomfortable to feed my 2 yr old. it has been like it for a couple of months now, i think it is her pointy teeth and they just dig in. she never leaves any marks, it just feels like needles digging in. i tell her big mouth etc, but it doesn't make a difference. i feel sorry for the kid cos i have to take her offf. is there anything i can do?
DS is drinking expressed bm, which is kinda handy. DD never would. i think i want to get a few more bottles so i can freeze ebm in them. anyone know where to get medela bottles? i have seen kits but i don't need all the pumping stuff, just some extra bottles.
HotI we got bottles in the chemist. I am pretty sure we still have the bulk of a box of the medela bags if you'd like me to post them to you? Just pm me if you'd like them.
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