pulling away at the breast?

MauiBride2008

mobile:  pulling away at the breast?

DS will be 3 months next week and lately {past couple of weeks or so} he constantly pulls away from the breast then latches, pulls away, then latches.  it starts at about 5 minutes into feeding and it's been so frustrating.  sometimes he gets pissed and sometimes he just lies there, coos at me then smiles. 

once he starts doing this, i will try to burp him but that's not usually the problem.  do you think it could be a supply issue?  something else?  since it starts at only 5 minutes into each session, i find it hard to believe he is satisfied already.  just two weeks ago it would still take 15-20 minutes each side to nurse him.  we are still on a 2.5-3 hour cycle each day so he isn't want to constantly eat either.

has your LO done this and is it just a phase or is there another problem i should be concerned with?

kplaxco85

DD does the same thing, I'm interested to see what responses you get. Sorry I'm no help, but you're not alone.

rain1106

kplaxco85:

DD does the same thing, I'm interested to see what responses you get. Sorry I'm no help, but you're not alone.

 

Same and very frustrating! 

Cherry3142

I was just about to ask the same thing!

tbone_bride

Mine too! I am not sure what's up. I think he's been very gassy lately.

CC1017

I've been wondering this too.  I thought I read that babies will start to get distracted at the breast.  I was thinking about getting a nursing necklace - has anyone every tried that?

ellcore

I brought this up at her 2 month because she will pull away and sometimes cry. The pedi said she has a slight case of acid reflux. If she kept doing to give her a dose of gripe water [because that's what has been working for her] and try again. So far its worked.

LexiSophie55

My son does the same thing.  I just stop feeding him and try from the same side a little later.  He would just rather look up and smile at me than eat.  If I keep messing around, milk has squirted everywhere and the couch is a disaster, so I just stop.

jenmccon

This is happening as I'm reading this post! Sooo frustrating! Not to mention what its doing to my poor nips!

IEtoLA

My LC told me it was the babies way of try ing to trigger another letdown.

nycgirl88

meganole25:

Cooper does it when the flow isn't that great. He does it to my underproducer all the time. I usually just switch sides then. Sometimes it's because he's distracted. I usually do a butt pat when that happens to get him to focus.

This. I try and latch him on twice and then move to the other side. He also seems to get distracted really easily.

gregNamanda

I'm glad to read this. It makes perfect sense and yet I didn't even think that would be the problem. It does happen occasionally on my underperforming side.

266psyche

My son has been doing it as we'll. I notice its when he's trying to poop though.

MauiBride2008

Glad I'm not the only one! It's been so frustrating. Thanks ladies for the input! :