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If your LO pops on and off the breast while BFing...

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At what point do you give up and close up shop, so to speak? It seems DD will only stay on for a few minutes, including when I let down, and after that, it's on and off, on and off, totally distracted by everything. She'd do it forever if I let her. Just wondering if anyone has a time limit for feedings like this...
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Re: If your LO pops on and off the breast while BFing...

  • LondonBlueLondonBlue member
    My daughter did that at about 8-9 months and it wasn't long after that I didn't have much going on in terms of a feeding. I dried up soon after because she self weaned. She was just to distracted with whatever was going on around her, which wasn't much (in her room), to have a full feeding. We eventually just stopped all together at about 10 month.
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  • Melissa17Melissa17

    Depends on what is going on- if I am annoyed with it or not ;)  Sometimes I have to put a blanket over her face so she isn't so distracted.

    I have no time limit, but is she keeps popping off to eat my arm I am done with feeding her.  If she pops off because someone walks in the room or the dog barks, I let her eat more.

     

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  • CrazycrustaceanCrazycrustacean
    I give her 3 times. Then i put it away.?
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  • *blondiem**blondiem*

    I am dealing with that now, and in turn, we are weaning. I work ft, and he just prefers the bottle more at this point.

    It's not a supply issue right? I do know our babies are really distractable right now. It's even hard feeding him a bottle.

    GL.

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  • MrsG2B07MrsG2B07
    DD has been doing this alot lately.  If she's really hungry or we're in a quiet room she won't as much.  But, if I'm not busy I will let her go on for 15 minutes or so and then try again later.
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  • Mustang SallyMustang Sally

    Ugh, DS was doing that a couple of weeks ago. ?I've started weaning him now and since he's only nursing 3 x a day he's much more serious about it. ?We're having a hard time getting him to take a bottle of milk or formula so I think he's making up for it by nursing longer each time.

    It is super annoying though, I hear ya. ?Not sure what the answer is.?

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