I'm going crazy here. This happens on a nightly basis... I nurse for 2-3 hours and DS still wants to continue nursing. I just finished a 2 hours session. My nipples are so sore and I'm thinking there is no way you can't be full! I offer him a paci but he won't take it.
Can anyone offer up some advice on how to handle this?!
Re: So frustrated with long nursing sessions...
Have you tried nursing him in bed? My DS3 was like this for the first few weeks. I would finally BF in bed. He would eventually fall asleep and quit suckling. Also, try a different type of paci. I had to go through 3 diff. ones before he would take it and not fuss.
I complained about hour and a half long nursing I couldn't imagine 2-3 hours. It shouldn't have anything to do with how big he was at birth. Growth spurt number 1 happens around 6 wks.
GL and don't give up.
have you tried different paci shapes? DS would only take the nuk ones...
yes its a growth spurt...he must be trying to get more milk to come in...Sam was the same size at birth - he's now 15lbs!!
I have not been doing this! I just realized that I learned this in our bfeeding class but have forgotten it. Thanks so much for mentioning this