Mine does this. It completely cracks me up because he always has this super determined look on his face like I'm the one flailing around and he is on the hunt. If he is really struggling, I'll sit him up for a minute and play with him. Then when I lie him back down I make sure I hold his head and my breast and aim him right where I want him.
I call this the shark attack! It makes me laugh every time too.
And I do the same thing - sit him up, calm him down a bit, and then try again by putting his head exactly where it needs to be.
Haha! DH and I call this "the hippo" because it looks like hippos fighting with their mouths wide open. G hippos quite often.
My LO has this blister type thing on the center of his top lip. Doesn't look painful or red. Just like there is a little fluid and the skin comes off sometimes. Does anyone know if this could it be a sign of a latch problem or some other type of problem? He seems to latch ok to me.
P has that every so often. Her latch isn't perfect- I try to pry her lips open when I can get in there. It doesn't seem to cause any discomfort and goes away between feedings.
I'm feeling like breastfeeding the second child is so so hard on the first. I'm always pinned down on the couch and she's been so patient until today (I was kind of waiting for it). I think she's learned just to ask for screen time which I hate. But what else can I do? I can't play with her. It's just sucking.
My LO has this blister type thing on the center of his top lip. Doesn't look painful or red. Just like there is a little fluid and the skin comes off sometimes. Does anyone know if this could it be a sign of a latch problem or some other type of problem? He seems to latch ok to me.
We have this. I haven't thought much of it until you asked. Like most things it bothers me more than it does her.
Now after reading a bit about lip ties I think DS2 may have one. His lip is neutral during feeding, not flanged out. He has issues staying latched during and right after letdown. He has the callous on his lip. I got a brief look in his mouth and it does look like the pictures. Ugh seriously. Both my kids have ties of some sort? I might be making an appointment with a LC next week. Even though it doesn't hurt me and he seems to be getting enough, we might as well get it checked out to know our options.
I'm feeling like breastfeeding the second child is so so hard on the first. I'm always pinned down on the couch and she's been so patient until today (I was kind of waiting for it). I think she's learned just to ask for screen time which I hate. But what else can I do? I can't play with her. It's just sucking.
Yup. I'm so lucky my H is home and can usually entertain her (although he does have an annoying habit of needing to poop aka spend 30 min in the bathroom every time I settle down to BF. I will let DD climb up and sit on my lap. And she'll bring me books to read that luckily I have pretty much memorized and I make her flip the pages. It's so hard especially since I still need both hands to BF (one to hold LO's head in place and one to keep my too large of boobs from suffocating her) so I really can't do anything else
My LO has this blister type thing on the center of his top lip. Doesn't look painful or red. Just like there is a little fluid and the skin comes off sometimes. Does anyone know if this could it be a sign of a latch problem or some other type of problem? He seems to latch ok to me.
DD got one early on and she always had a great latch.... I think they're totally common and normal. If you're not having any other latch problems, I wouldn't consider this a sign of anything except frequent nursing.
DD has been a cluster feeding maniac the last three afternoons/evenings in a row. I get maybe 15-20 mins between feedings before she wails, and won't stop until she's back on the boob. In the night and early morning she's fine, eats great and sleeps in 2-3 hr chunks between feeds. Any advice? I'm losing my mind having her attached to me all day long. Often she'll fall asleep on the boob but as soon as I pull her off she loses it again. I think a good amount of the time she wants to nurse more for comfort than hunger. Should I try a paci? Our doc recommended waiting until she's 6 weeks so it won't interfere with breastfeeding but I feel like it might help.
DD has been a cluster feeding maniac the last three afternoons/evenings in a row. I get maybe 15-20 mins between feedings before she wails, and won't stop until she's back on the boob. In the night and early morning she's fine, eats great and sleeps in 2-3 hr chunks between feeds. Any advice? I'm losing my mind having her attached to me all day long. Often she'll fall asleep on the boob but as soon as I pull her off she loses it again. I think a good amount of the time she wants to nurse more for comfort than hunger. Should I try a paci? Our doc recommended waiting until she's 6 weeks so it won't interfere with breastfeeding but I feel like it might help.
Try that paci. This same exact scenario is happening here every morning and night. I wish he took a paci. I am the paci.
Post by manybellsdown on Jul 10, 2016 21:00:39 GMT -5
Seriously, I want pacis to work in my house so badly. I've bought and tried four kinds. He Regina Georges me every time, like, "Stop trying to make the paci happen. It's not going to happen."
manybellsdownbighair12 thanks, I think I will try the paci. Her latch is great and as much as I don't want to do anything to put our breastfeeding relationship at risk, there are hours and hours where I can barely get a break to go to the bathroom.
Lo has decided she only likes to eat from one side during night time feedings. I have always been a both boobs gal. Do I shorten the feedings from the first breast or just deal with it? I am terrified of my supply getting all weird.
DS has been so fussy and I keep offering him boob and he wants it and opens wide with his tongue in position but then he shakes his head and starts screaming. I've let him completely initiate feeding in all the positions but it's the same every time. I don't know if it's that he has a sore in his mouth? Or that I'm a bit engorged so I can't really make a sandwich out of my ginormous boobs anymore or what. Any suggestions/advice? I've tried looking on Kellymom but I'm bad at searching one handed. I also have his well baby doctors appointment at 10am today so that may help, and I'm definitely going to ask to see another LC.
ETA: I've hand expressed and/or pumped drops and fed him through the the afternoon & night. Also, When he try's to latch we get as far as one suck or sometimes just a lick and then it's full on baby-velociraptor-screech.
DD has been a cluster feeding maniac the last three afternoons/evenings in a row. I get maybe 15-20 mins between feedings before she wails, and won't stop until she's back on the boob. In the night and early morning she's fine, eats great and sleeps in 2-3 hr chunks between feeds. Any advice? I'm losing my mind having her attached to me all day long. Often she'll fall asleep on the boob but as soon as I pull her off she loses it again. I think a good amount of the time she wants to nurse more for comfort than hunger. Should I try a paci? Our doc recommended waiting until she's 6 weeks so it won't interfere with breastfeeding but I feel like it might help.
Try that paci. This same exact scenario is happening here every morning and night. I wish he took a paci. I am the paci.
DS has been so fussy and I keep offering him boob and he wants it and opens wide with his tongue in position but then he shakes his head and starts screaming. I've let him completely initiate feeding in all the positions but it's the same every time. I don't know if it's that he has a sore in his mouth? Or that I'm a bit engorged so I can't really make a sandwich out of my ginormous boobs anymore or what. Any suggestions/advice? I've tried looking on Kellymom but I'm bad at searching one handed. I also have his well baby doctors appointment at 10am today so that may help, and I'm definitely going to ask to see another LC.
ETA: I've hand expressed and/or pumped drops and fed him through the the afternoon & night. Also, When he try's to latch we get as far as one suck or sometimes just a lick and then it's full on baby-velociraptor-screech.
I sometimes find when LO is too excited/anxious about feeding he does that...hands flailing, head shaking, screaching. I have found that cuddling and calming him for a minute and then offering the breast again works best. Good luck and do bring it up at your appointment
GOmamab15 it might be that you are too engorged for him to latch on or you milk may be too fast for him. When DD was small she would unlatch right after she got on and I would use a burp cloth to catch the fire hose of milk coming out for a few seconds and relatch or I would hand express a bit before she latched. If she is too worked up to nurse I would hold her to calm her or give her my little finger to suck on (my LC taught me that) to soothe her. I'm sorry you are having a stressful time but you are doing great! Good luck at the appointment! I'm sure they will help you!
GOmamab15 it might be that you are too engorged for him to latch on or you milk may be too fast for him. When DD was small she would unlatch right after she got on and I would use a burp cloth to catch the fire hose of milk coming out for a few seconds and relatch or I would hand express a bit before she latched. If she is too worked up to nurse I would hold her to calm her or give her my little finger to suck on (my LC taught me that) to soothe her. I'm sorry you are having a stressful time but you are doing great! Good luck at the appointment! I'm sure they will help you!
GOmamab15 it might be that you are too engorged for him to latch on or you milk may be too fast for him. When DD was small she would unlatch right after she got on and I would use a burp cloth to catch the fire hose of milk coming out for a few seconds and relatch or I would hand express a bit before she latched. If she is too worked up to nurse I would hold her to calm her or give her my little finger to suck on (my LC taught me that) to soothe her. I'm sorry you are having a stressful time but you are doing great! Good luck at the appointment! I'm sure they will help you!
Lo has decided she only likes to eat from one side during night time feedings. I have always been a both boobs gal. Do I shorten the feedings from the first breast or just deal with it? I am terrified of my supply getting all weird.
you mean she wants only one of your boobs specifically, or she gets enough from one side (either) and doesn't want the other side? If the latter, I wouldn't limit it. I'm typically a one boob in a session nurser, though I haven't historically had problems with supply. Just let her eat and decide when she's done, and then give her the other breast at the next feeding? The other breast may hurt a bit with the longer interval--you could pump it, though I find that to be a pain.
Lo has decided she only likes to eat from one side during night time feedings. I have always been a both boobs gal. Do I shorten the feedings from the first breast or just deal with it? I am terrified of my supply getting all weird.
you mean she wants only one of your boobs specifically, or she gets enough from one side (either) and doesn't want the other side? If the latter, I wouldn't limit it. I'm typically a one boob in a session nurser, though I haven't historically had problems with supply. Just let her eat and decide when she's done, and then give her the other breast at the next feeding? The other breast may hurt a bit with the longer interval--you could pump it, though I find that to be a pain.
This. Although I have a fast letdown and find that one per session helps that unless she wants more. I also haven't had issue with it messing with supply though but I find that she usury only nurses from one side each time and maybe a tiny bit from the other.
I usually only nurse from one side at a time. DS's new fun trick is unlatching from my nipple, then lunging forward and latching onto the significantly thinner and more sensitive breast tissue next to it. This is NOT pleasant and now I have a couple of boob hickeys. No one wins when you do that, DS! No milk to be had two inches to the right of the nipple!
Post by Flair Underwood on Jul 12, 2016 4:06:05 GMT -5
bighair12 - just nurse the one side at night. With DD I always nursed from the left no matter how many feedings and pumped the right in the morning. Your body will regulate.
txmommy14 how are you doing? I hope you're finally feeling better and your supply is on the upswing
Thanks for thinking of me! I am doing better, I have two more days left of this antibiotic-PRAYING my fever doesn't spike again! My supply is doing a little better than it was the first time it hit. I ended up returning the hospital pump tonight, trying to avoid paying for it for another week. I'm pumping right now. I'll probably keep doing everything I've been doing (fenugreek, oatmeal, tons of extra water, extra pumping sessions) for the next few days and then slowly try to get back to just pumping one time a day again. I'm just so nervous I'll get it again. There are so many different things that can cause mastitis, and I'm not sure what caused mine, so I'm nervous to proceed! If I get it a third time, my doctor is going to send me to a breast specialist.
DS is 12 days old- how long should a nursing session last? And how often should he eat? The doctor said keep feeding on demand, but I feel like it's all I'm doing. By the time he is done with a session it's almost time for another one. He just fed for 35 minutes, but it took almost an hour with having to wake him up and letting him sit to realize he is still hungry.
DS is 12 days old- how long should a nursing session last? And how often should he eat? The doctor said keep feeding on demand, but I feel like it's all I'm doing. By the time he is done with a session it's almost time for another one. He just fed for 35 minutes, but it took almost an hour with having to wake him up and letting him sit to realize he is still hungry.
Yea. I don't have specific answers but there are days where it's like all I do is feed. She'd stop. Look around for a minute and start rooting around again screaming. We are a month today and it's slightly better but not always!! Get snacks and the remote!
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