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I'm this close to quitting - DD is 6 months old

Pennylane824Pennylane824 member
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It's just so hard right now. She is always distracted. Even if I go into a dark quiet room which is hard with DD1 (26 months old).

The worst is at night... she NEVER seems interested in nursing before bed. I don't know if it's my supply or what. Like today- the last time she nursed was 3:30 and I still can't get her to nurse. She had solids at 5. I know she's hungry. I just don't know what to do. I've tried stopping solids at night time, doesn't change anything- she just gets fussier earlier.

 I'm not even sure what I'm looking for.... I'm just having a hard time.  

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Re: I'm this close to quitting - DD is 6 months old

  • meltoinemeltoine member

    I'm sorry you're having a rough time :(

    Try to stick with it for a few more days. LOs go throw phases all the time and they never last long. It will get better soon. Never quit on a bad day.  

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  • pitterpatter129pitterpatter129 member
    Nate did this at about the same age.  I made a cheap nursing necklace from big wooden beads that helped a lot. I also remember nursing in football hold and putting sesame street songs on the laptop from youtube where he could watch while he ate! (We never let him watch TV either -I was so desperate!)  It lasted about two weeks and then he resumed his normal nursing.  I remember pumping a lot those few weeks to try to keep my supply up.  Hang in there!
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  • Pennylane824Pennylane824 member

    Thanks ladies. I won't quit just because I know I could never just stop on a whim but it's been hard

    It's just so hard to see her fight me so hard when I KNOW she's hungry.  

    I'm not opposed to supplementing so when she gets really bad we just give her a bottle of expressed milk or some formula if I don't have any and I continue pumping. I've also added an extra pumping session right before I have to go to bed to help with supply & to have some extra.

    I'm hoping it's just a phase. It seems every time I've been to the end of my rope the phase passes so I'm hoping that is the case this time.  

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  • SnoopyLuvSnoopyLuv member

    This is when I started supplementing and for the same reason. She would just never want to nurse even in a quiet space. I wish I never started because I feel like I cheated her because I was frustrated. I had a great supply, no issues. I just gave up on daytime feedings.

    It was definitely a phase but then she got used to the bottle, so she would go days without nursing and I just gave up. Luckily, after I switched to the sippy (which you could use instead of a bottle) she started nursing a ton and now nurses 3x a day.

    I know not to do that with the next one. I will just only feed her when she shows interest and make sure I get up at night with her to feed if she needs it since that was the best nursing time.

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  • Pennylane824Pennylane824 member
    imageSnoopyLuv:

    This is when I started supplementing and for the same reason. She would just never want to nurse even in a quiet space. I wish I never started because I feel like I cheated her because I was frustrated. I had a great supply, no issues. I just gave up on daytime feedings.

    It was definitely a phase but then she got used to the bottle, so she would go days without nursing and I just gave up. Luckily, after I switched to the sippy (which you could use instead of a bottle) she started nursing a ton and now nurses 3x a day.

    I know not to do that with the next one. I will just only feed her when she shows interest and make sure I get up at night with her to feed if she needs it since that was the best nursing time.

     Luckily I haven't had to supplement during the day. She's distracted but she keeps does get her nursing in eventually. It's that LAST feeding before bedtime that's the awful one. 

    She does get up most nights to eat between 2 and 4 and I know she gets a ton of breastmilk then because she drinks like a champ.

    I'm glad to hear that your DC went back to nursing :).  

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  • jcsumm0jcsumm0 member
    Have you read up on nursing strikes on kellymom?  That's what it sounds like to me. 
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  • JBtheDog20JBtheDog20
    And I will also add although you have gotten some great advice from PP, your milk supply is not as delicate as you might think. As long as you have not been supplementing your body will manage if she eats less during the day and will pick back up when she shifts back which like PP's said it does sound like will happen. 
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