Fussing at the breast - breast refusal or just tired?
Miss A's feeding has improved a little but lately she's started fussing sometimes when she's feeding during the day. She'll feed well for a couple of minutes but then start pulling off and crying. Its usually after she's been awake for a while (we have a wake, feed, play, feed, sleep sort of thing going) so I'm wondering if its because she's sucking for comfort to get back to sleep but is still too full from the initial feed, or if its the beginnings of breast refusal. Other than her getting upset, she's causing pretty serious damage to my nipples because she pulls off a little, clamps down and then drags my nipple with her when she pulls back, so I'm back to being torn and bruised.
Night feeds are never an issue, I think mainly because she's still basically asleep
Any thoughts on what it might be and what we can try?
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