My LO is very long. He'll be 6 mo offically tomorrow and is about 30 in long. His Daddy is 6'5" and his father was tall too. LO is in the 98th percentile for length, so I suspect he will also be pretty tall. My current issue is that I'm having more and more difficulty nursing comfortably. Obviously when we do side lying, it doesn't matter but any other position is becoming increasingly difficult. On the couch at home, I can use an extra pillow under his long legs but find I can't do this in our glider. I'm not even using the glider anymore, makes me a little sad. I often find that when out and about, NIP is a challange as well. I can't find a comfortable position and that, coupled with him being very distracted (ie; trying to look around or put feet in mouth) it looks more like Im trying to wrangle a little ninja, rather than feeding my baby. I could just hold my arm under his legs the whole time but it definitely gets exhausting and is ackward. Does anyone have any tips or tricks for nursing a long LO? Yes, I could carry around a pillow everywhere but all.the.stuff. Any ideas?
Re: Any long LO's?
Wish I had better advice for you!
Let me know if you end up discovering any tricks!
I didn't expect him to be so tall, H is shorter than me I'm six foot but both sides of my family all the men are 6'4" minimum with one uncle somewhere around 6'8". I figured if he was gonna be tall he would grow later not start off so much. At least I understand his struggles :-)
As for nursing he's been pushing against the side of the chair for quite a while...sometimes it's pretty annoying.