Does anyone else have a LO who misbehaves on the boob? Ema seems to like to give mine a good shake on occasion. And when she's fighting a bowel movement (she's definitely not constipated), she uses nursing as a way to relax, which usually means she clamps down when she grunts. When she does that, I try to break her hold and reattach her, which really pisses her off.
Re: Bad Boob Behavior
Sometimes I put him down and pick him up and reposition so many times that I think I'm just destined to be terrible at this. He's definitely pooping, peeing, and gaining so I must be doing something right...
I had soreness and my lo was doing this too. The flow was too fast for her....we did some corrective things and she doesn't clamp as much and my soreness is better.
What did you do to correct it? She latches great, but she usually coughs and pulls off in the first minute or so. I'm thinking my flow is too fast for her. It is even worse in the football hold that the lactation consultant keeps insisting I use. I know my flow is fast because when she cries, I can sometimes trap a pool of milk in the palm if my hand before I even get her latched.
That definitely sounds like a flow issue.Your letdown probably happens in that 1st minute when she does that. Football hold works better for me than cradle but side lying works good too. You can also let your letdown go into a towel our something and put baby back on after the letdown is done. Check kellymom, there are a list of positions that work for controlling forceful letdowns or milk flow.
The lc in the hospital told me latch and hold was great too. But remember that our milk doesn't usually come in until we're discharged from the hospital. So they aren't assessing the latch when you have milk and full breasts. If you have a sore, there's definitely a latch issue.
Yeah and it's frustrating when you're not sure what you're doing wrong. My nipples are each one, big, giant sore.
Ouch, my soreness went away about 1 week ago. My friend(the LC) came over to visit and stayed all day. While she was here, she had me try different holds. She also checked my nipples to see if they had a "lipstick shape". It's when the nipple is flat on one side after baby comes off. That indicates an incorrect latch. I had a little "lipstick" going on. You should probably get a lc. I hope it gets better for you. Also, soreness in the 1st week or 2 is normal because your breast are adjusting to being stretched. But it should go away.
Thanks for the advice! I stopped using the football hold bc of flow issues. It was too fast for LO. I know thst I need to find a LC in my area. Who'd have thought that BF was so difficult.
No prob and I hope it gets better. I'm just realizing that football probably only works for us because LO turns her head to the side during the entire feeding. I guess she's controlling the flow. My nips are so stretched now that it doesn't even hurt anymore... lol. GL!