so distracted...tell me this will end!

kaese

LO is almost 4 months and she is incredibly distracted when eating.  She will pretty much only eat in a completely dark room with a white noise machine on.  Even then it is hard to get her to really eat in the day time.  She is constantly pulling off and looking all around, arching her back to see what is behind her.  She wants to eat, though, and will eat if I am persistent in putting her back on.  She eats really well at night, so unfortunately she is no longer STTN.  I really want to get back in the habit of her eating well in the day (and being able to take her places and use the nursing cover...right now even that is a fun distraction) and sleeping at night.  Also, she usually only wants one side and then wants to eat again in an hour.  I don't know if that is due to her distractedness or something else...she used to eat every two hours (both sides) like clockwork. 

 

If you've been through this PLEASE tell me it will end! 

hey_little_bird

i'm currently going through it, ugh.

i miss being able to nurse her and watch tv.

now i have to sit on the bed a nurse her in a dim room.
(at least i'm getting a lot of reading done!)

hillek5

It gets better!  That age was a challenge because of how aware DS became of his surroundings.  I tried to cut down on distractions around us until he got over the initial excitement.  After a couple of weeks, it wasn't so bad and we were back to our normal nursing routine.

sokmonkee3517

It will end.  No worries.  It might take a little longer to get though a feeding but she is just checking things out right now because she can.  Her world is expanding!  Try holding her attention by making eye contact, sing a song or talk to her.  She has no way of filtering out stimuli so EVERYTHING is a distraction - all sounds (you can filter out and might not even notice them), changes in light, etc.  It will stop sooner than you think but in the mean time, try and hear what she hears, see what she sees and talk about them.  It will help her refocus and encourage speech later on.