Latching/unlatching frequently each feeding.

Re: Latching/unlatching frequently each feeding.

• taraleanne member

  November 2013

  yeah, I've been there- luckily it left as quickly as it came but there are still some feedings like this.

  
  

  Is baby still having good amount of wet and dirty diapers, otherwise happy/satisfied and not noticeably more fussy and not getting up at night to eat a full meal when he or she otherwise would have slept?  Then baby is likely getting enough.

  
  

  Is he or she distracted? It sucks but I often have to feed in a dark quiet room now a days... 

  
  

  Hopefully it is just a phase that passes quickly for you as it did for me.

  

  
  

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• irishhobbit member

  November 2013

  My LO has been unlatching frequently at every feeding for about two weeks now, and meals ended with one or both of us in tears. She'll start off just fine for the first few minutes but then she'll get really fussy and unlatch herself constantly. I only just figured out yesterday that this means she needs to be burped a lot - she has bad reflux. Once she's burped, she'll relatch pretty calmly. Sometimes I need to burp her multiple times per side. This may not be the case with your baby, but it's made feedings so much easier for us now. Good luck!

  

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• Zulixx member

  November 2013

  My daughter was doing this because of a forceful/over active let Down. I started side laying and expressing a bit before nursing and it seems to be helping. She doesn't unlatch neaky as much.

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• jschmidt6 member

  November 2013

  Is the baby fussy or just "playing around"? Not sure how old your LO is, but mine is 15 weeks and he does this when he is distracted or not really that hungry. He nurses poorly when he gets home from daycare for some reason. It might be because he just got home and he's stimulated or maybe because he had a bottle at 4 and I'm trying to feed him at 6:30 before bed and he's just not hungry enough yet.
  

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• VitaLuna member

  November 2013

  My baby unlatches frequently when she's done eating. She'll pop off and back on when she's full but is just playing. She also pops off sometimes at the beginning of the feed because of forceful letdown. What makes you think your baby is not getting enough milk? Are they gaining appropriately?

  

   

  

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