What's your baby distracted by while eating?

[o2girl]

I'm not sure how to limit the distractions while BFing W..... Because she is distracted by her own desire to chit-chat while eating. She literally latches on sucks a couple times, unlatches talks, relatches, repeat. It is super cute..... But feeding takes a lot of time. Cute little chatterbox I have.

What distracts everyone else's babes?

[snoris]

Hah. Baby I has his eye on the prize. No distractions here lol. On one or two occasions when we are having a particularly sweet nursing session he can't decide whether to suck or smile but that was maybe once or twice.

[o2girl]

Aug 13, 2016 18:20:00 GMT -5 snoris said:

Hah. Baby I has his eye on the prize. No distractions here lol. On one or two occasions when we are having a particularly sweet nursing session he can't decide whether to suck or smile but that was maybe once or twice.

my DS was like your's. He turned into a butterball super fast because he was a power nurser. W is more interested in talking instead of eating......I think I may have a social butterfly on my hands.

[teraiin]

DS gets distracted a lot. Noises, people moving,if I change my position at all. He doesn't like covers.

Both the LC and the doctor jokingly said he eats to live rather than lives to eat. He will eat but he's not a power nurser. He always gets plenty during weighted feeds.

[ellipses]

Everything! He likes to stop and coo and smile at me, too. I've started going longer between feedings because he seems to focus more when he's hungrier. If he starts nursing and unlatches, but there's no real distractions around, I'll offer again, but then I'll burp him and if he doesn't seem fussy anymore, I'll stop nursing.

[jbeans27]

Big brother! She follows his voice and will unlatch to look for him now. Cute but annoying!

[westiemom]

I have a chatter too! She loves to talk and feed. I can't look at her while feeding or she will immediately pop off to talk! Lol

[babycaps]

Light! Loves looking out the window.
And the smiles....If I talk to him he starts unlatching and smiling and it's pretty cute.

[Deleted]

Aug 13, 2016 19:23:36 GMT -5 ellipses said:

Everything! He likes to stop and coo and smile at me, too. I've started going longer between feedings because he seems to focus more when he's hungrier. If he starts nursing and unlatches, but there's no real distractions around, I'll offer again, but then I'll burp him and if he doesn't seem fussy anymore, I'll stop nursing.

+1 She likes to pretend to eat but really is just playing with my nip. She licks it a lot when she's distracted.

[wanderingheart]

O loves to eat so nothing distracts him, haha. B is distracted by other people. If I'm talking to someone or there's a lot of noise, she tries to look around and isn't very focused on sucking. If I'm in public, I just cover her and that helps. At home, if there's people around, I just go in my room so she can focus.

[helloerrbody]

DS is pretty focused. He gets distracted if I'm with a bunch of people and talking to them while he nurses, but if I'm just at home alone, he is fine.

[mrsw26]

Aug 13, 2016 19:13:51 GMT -5 teraiin said:

DS gets distracted a lot. Noises, people moving,if I change my position at all. He doesn't like covers.

Both the LC and the doctor jokingly said he eats to live rather than lives to eat. He will eat but he's not a power nurser. He always gets plenty during weighted feeds.

As usual we have the same child. If he's eating with any level of focus I have to freeze like a statue if I want any chance of him going longer than 3 minutes.

[k3am]

His sister.

[teraiin]

Aug 14, 2016 11:34:23 GMT -5 mrsw26 said:

Aug 13, 2016 19:13:51 GMT -5 teraiin said:

DS gets distracted a lot. Noises, people moving,if I change my position at all. He doesn't like covers.

Both the LC and the doctor jokingly said he eats to live rather than lives to eat. He will eat but he's not a power nurser. He always gets plenty during weighted feeds.

As usual we have the same child. If he's eating with any level of focus I have to freeze like a statue if I want any chance of him going longer than 3 minutes.

Pretty much. Don't sneeze or breathe....

[helloerrbody]

Aug 14, 2016 12:50:57 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Aug 14, 2016 11:34:23 GMT -5 mrsw26 said:

As usual we have the same child. If he's eating with any level of focus I have to freeze like a statue if I want any chance of him going longer than 3 minutes.

Pretty much. Don't sneeze or breathe....

OMG DS freaks when I sneeze while nursing.  It's kinda funny actually.  His eyes get gigantic and he pulls off and just stares at me.

[mrssqueegy]

Aug 14, 2016 12:26:02 GMT -5 k3am said:

His sister.

Yup.  His brother.  He loves to get right in his face and yell.  Ugh.

[twocents6708]

Not much distracts him. He gets right down to business. There was one day this week where he seemed distracted and was pushing with his feet off the back of the couch. But that was a single event which has passed I guess.

[ellesea]

Bottle feeder here. But I find my lo eats better while distracted. So I sometimes sit so he can look out or at the ceiling fan.

[gahorseygal]

Nothing. Though it took DD a little while to become a distracted eater. But this kid is all business when he eats.

[fishbulb]

Big brother. Sometimes it's because she is fascinated by him and can't quit watching him; sometimes it's because he's messing with her feet.