Truer and more beautiful words have never been spoken on this thread
I guess it's mostly frustration on my part... if he's feeding that long with no results shouldn't that be telling my body to make more?
It takes a couple of/few days for your body to catch up and start producing more. Cluster feeding during growth spurts is to help increase your supply but babies can also cluster feed at night to "tank up"'and (hopefully) sleep longer sfretches at night. I've been told our boobs are factories rather than warehouses so baby is getting something even if its slowly.
Cluster feeding is hard. Do what you feel is right. You know your baby. ETA: I feel like I'm coming across as a condescending bitch obviously isn't my intent. I hate how you lose tone.
Thank you! I followed those suggestions for treatment and it already feels way better. I will keep an eye on it for the next couple of days, hopefully it doesn't come back. I'm glad I caught it before it got worse!
Thank you! I followed those suggestions for treatment and it already feels way better. I will keep an eye on it for the next couple of days, hopefully it doesn't come back. I'm glad I caught it before it got worse!
I had one when nursing DD1 and followed these recommendations too. It went away pretty quickly.
I had my favorite burrito for lunch, and had noticeable gas as a result. Didn't think much about it until I had a little fussbucket baby. My friend (mom of 3 bf babies) asked what I had eaten earlier, and it hit me! Beans!!
DUH. this could explain why LO was so fussy the past few days. I had chili. Veggie chili so extra beans. And then leftovers for the next 2 days. I'm sorry child.
I had my favorite burrito for lunch, and had noticeable gas as a result. Didn't think much about it until I had a little fussbucket baby. My friend (mom of 3 bf babies) asked what I had eaten earlier, and it hit me! Beans!!
DUH. this could explain why LO was so fussy the past few days. I had chili. Veggie chili so extra beans. And then leftovers for the next 2 days. I'm sorry child.
Same here, had 2 terrible nights this week, and those were the nights I ate chili. The gas it have me was painful, can imagine how the baby felt Guess we will be avoiding beans for a little while.
I have the opposite problem of most. Super slow let down which frustrates baby and me. He latches and bobs around for 5 min every single time he eats before staying on and actually eating.
On my left breast I have this. So this is what I do: express a couple drops to entice him to stick with it. This helps remind W to latch well. Once he's latched (even if only for a second) I'll do a couple slow compressions on my breast (behind the areola) just simple pressure with my finger from above and below. This gets the milk going and gets the baby to keep working at it. Fyi: I do not do this with the breast that has a normal/faster flow as it tends to choke him. Hope this helps.
brassyclarinet we were cluster feeding all day yesterday (the kind where they just nurse constantly) we also got to the point where he was super fussy and stressed because my breasts were "empty". If we had formula in the house he would've probably gotten some at that point because it was stressful for everyone. All that matters is that you fed your baby.
DUH. this could explain why LO was so fussy the past few days. I had chili. Veggie chili so extra beans. And then leftovers for the next 2 days. I'm sorry child.
Same here, had 2 terrible nights this week, and those were the nights I ate chili. The gas it have me was painful, can imagine how the baby felt Guess we will be avoiding beans for a little while.
Same here, had 2 terrible nights this week, and those were the nights I ate chili. The gas it have me was painful, can imagine how the baby felt Guess we will be avoiding beans for a little while.
crap, I just put beans in the crock pot...
It's one of those things that causes problems for some babies but you may be fine! We are good with dairy, coffee, spicy things, tomatoes. Just beans seem to be bad. Might not affect your baby at all
But if baby fusses all night and needs to be held and burped a lot....blame the beans
Post by runningmommy519 on Sept 6, 2015 9:35:18 GMT -5
What do you guys think of starting a weekly breastfeeding thread? I feel like this one is a little overwhelming. There is a lot of great info in this thread but it's so many pages that it's hard to find what one might need. Thoughts?
What do you guys think of starting a weekly breastfeeding thread? I feel like this one is a little overwhelming. There is a lot of great info in this thread but it's so many pages that it's hard to find what one might need. Thoughts?
maybe a breastfeeding thread by birth week so that issues at different stages are easier to find?
When your lo nurses, then spits up, then starts rooting right away.... Do you feed them?
ETA: baby not crying.
Yes. I put him to the boob any time I see rooting. Sometimes it's just for a snack, others I wonder where he puts all the milk he consumes it's so quick.
We are on day 3 of dvisol. Each day after she takes it, she is fussy for 6-8 hours and seems to have a lot of trouble pooping (grunting/straining, whereas other times it just seems to squirt out). Anyone else had this experience? Is there a way that I can take a supplement instead of her taking one? I'm already taking a prescription prenatal, so maybe she's getting enough Vitamin D already? I read that constipation from dvisol is a sign of getting too much Vitamin D or calcium. The dvisol is the only change we've had in the last few days (this started 2-3 days after I started exclusively pumping, so I don't think it's the bottles). I'm discontinuing it until our peds followup on Tuesday for my own sanity--staying up all night with her screaming is wearing her (and me) out!
maggiemae85, we had the same problem with DD1. Switched to Carlson's drops and she did much better. It's just one drop and the bottle lasts a year. You can put the drop on your nipple before nursing. I ordered it on Amazon. As a bonus it doesn't have all the added sugar and artificial ingredients the others contain.
We are on day 3 of dvisol. Each day after she takes it, she is fussy for 6-8 hours and seems to have a lot of trouble pooping (grunting/straining, whereas other times it just seems to squirt out). Anyone else had this experience? Is there a way that I can take a supplement instead of her taking one? I'm already taking a prescription prenatal, so maybe she's getting enough Vitamin D already? I read that constipation from dvisol is a sign of getting too much Vitamin D or calcium. The dvisol is the only change we've had in the last few days (this started 2-3 days after I started exclusively pumping, so I don't think it's the bottles). I'm discontinuing it until our peds followup on Tuesday for my own sanity--staying up all night with her screaming is wearing her (and me) out!
unfortunately there isn't something you can take, but I highly recommend getting the d-drops. It's a one drop dose of vitamin d that you put either on your nipple right before you feed the baby or the bottle nipple. No additives, you can find it at babies r us, or most pharmacies....at least in Canada is in most pharmacies. The dvisol caused tummy troubles for my first and so I switched, no more tummy troubles.
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We are on day 3 of dvisol. Each day after she takes it, she is fussy for 6-8 hours and seems to have a lot of trouble pooping (grunting/straining, whereas other times it just seems to squirt out). Anyone else had this experience? Is there a way that I can take a supplement instead of her taking one? I'm already taking a prescription prenatal, so maybe she's getting enough Vitamin D already? I read that constipation from dvisol is a sign of getting too much Vitamin D or calcium. The dvisol is the only change we've had in the last few days (this started 2-3 days after I started exclusively pumping, so I don't think it's the bottles). I'm discontinuing it until our peds followup on Tuesday for my own sanity--staying up all night with her screaming is wearing her (and me) out!
unfortunately there isn't something you can take, but I highly recommend getting the d-drops. It's a one drop dose of vitamin d that you put either on your nipple right before you feed the baby or the bottle nipple. No additives, you can find it at babies r us, or most pharmacies....at least in Canada is in most pharmacies. The dvisol caused tummy troubles for my first and so I switched, no more tummy troubles.
unfortunately there isn't something you can take, but I highly recommend getting the d-drops. It's a one drop dose of vitamin d that you put either on your nipple right before you feed the baby or the bottle nipple. No additives, you can find it at babies r us, or most pharmacies....at least in Canada is in most pharmacies. The dvisol caused tummy troubles for my first and so I switched, no more tummy troubles.
+1 to d drops
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