Pulling away

secretbaba

Hi all

I'm pretty new to this board but I've been around on some others for quite a while.

I'm exclusively breastfeeding my 3-month-old daughter. We've had a fantastic time, she latched on straight away after birth and we've never had any troubles. I'm enjoying breastfeeding so much and I never thought I would!

However, an issue has arisen that I'm hoping someone can help me with. Every now and then I hold her to my boob when she's hungry and she tears her back away and makes a very unhappy noise. Most of the time she stops the minute I sit her upright, but then it'll happen again the next time. It's as if she's getting herself so worked up and tense that she can't relax into position. If possible, I end up feeding her lying down as it's the only way to get her to loosen and relax and actually eat. It's really upsetting me as I feel like I'm doing something wrong somewhere. My mum seems to think she's being nosy and doesn't want to be cradled any more. She in the 98th percentile for her height so I definitely feel like it may be position related. Can somebody help me?

wintersong

My son is also long and enjoys stretching out. (He wears a boots and bar brace.) When he turned four months old, he developed a strong preference for nursing side lying. I also nurse him standing and swaying back and forth so he can arch his back slightly. If we are out and about, if he gets hungry, he will hold out for a time we can lay down. I have just assumed it is part of his four month fussies and just going with it since he is still gaining weight will thus way. It's possible your lo is hitting the stage a bit early. He also died this when he wants to nurse for comfort but does NOT want a lot of milk. (sigh)

Another culprit might be gas...

secretbaba

Thank you so so much @longliveregina the advice about standing up has been the best I've received in a long time! Tried it today and she is so much more content. I suppose it's something to do with long babies feeling slightly cramped sitting down? You've made my day, thank you again!

wintersong

I'm so glad it helped! Hang in there, too soon we will be complaining about all the gymnastics our babies are trying to do while nursing!

PerrisWheel

My baby does this as well but I think it's for a different reason . He is average for height I think .

Whenever i feed him I must do it in an empty and sometime dark room. My son really IS nosy lol and little sound will make him unlatch and fall back so he can look around . Sometimes it take 20 minutes just to get and keep him latched on . If I try to use my phone whil I'm feeding him he will try his hardest to see the screen .

At night it's the worst because I can't even have a nightlight or lamp on because he can see things lol

If her weight gain is good and she MOSTLY eats then I would try doing it somewhere where there are no distractions . Idk if it'll help but I definitely had to figure this one out