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UPDATED 11 Week Old Keeps Un-latching

eggmankateeggmankate member
edited March 2014 in Breastfeeding
DD has added a twist to our nursing sessions suddenly. She used to nurse about 20 minutes on my right side, but the past few days I've noticed about 12 minutes or so into the session she starts pulling herself on and off. She just seems more energized than normal when she does it like she can't stay focused or something. I try to get her to re-latch which she takes for a few seconds and then does the same thing. I thought maybe she needs to be burped, but it doesn't seem like that's the problem (I try to burp for about a minute so maybe I need to burp her longer?). It seems like behavior she'd do when she's done eating, but my breasts don't feel really empty the way they do after 20 minutes and she started doing this way earlier than when I think she'd be done. Anyone else's kid start doing this around this age? Or any ideas what this is? I'm not sure if I should just keep trying to re-latch her or just trust that she got enough milk and that she is done?

UPDATED: Last night for both feedings I really tried to pay attention to DD since it was dark in the room and no distractions. She unlatched herself and started crying a whimper so I put her back on. Then she came off about 30 seconds later and I burped her and a few teaspoons of milk came out. So I thought maybe that's the problem is that she had to spit up, but she kept unlatching herself again after that regardless. My boob still didn't feel empty so I thought maybe my milk flow was coming too fast for her and caused that spit up. I gave her to DH so he could put her back to bed and she spit up a little bit more for him. When I told DH about all this he said that it was probably a sign that she was full. Can she really be full if I don't feel like she emptied my breast?
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TTC since April 2011. DH Dx MFI in February 2012. BFP #1: 7.16.12. MMC dx: 8.22.12, D&C 8.28.12, TTC Again November 2012. DH Varicocele repair November 2012; Repeat SA showed "dramatic" improvement February 2013 (awesome!)
BFP #2: 3.26.13, EDC: 12.7.13. Anya born December 9th, 2013!
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Re: UPDATED 11 Week Old Keeps Un-latching

  • eggmankateeggmankate member
    Ok, yeah I was wondering about distractions. You'd think she'd want to keep eating though if she was distracted. I mean at some point, no matter how distracted you are, don't you need to eat? AT one point she wouldn't re-latch because she was staring at the light like a stoner, lol. 
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    BFP #2: 3.26.13, EDC: 12.7.13. Anya born December 9th, 2013!
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  • eggmankateeggmankate member
    Sing2phins said:
    Mine started this around the same time.  For her, it's definitely a sign that she's just about done.  She's also very efficient.  If you end the session when she starts that, is she content or does she act like she's still hungry?

    The other thing it could be is that your supply is regulating and she's getting frustrated that the flow is slowing down at that time.
    Oh interesting. So maybe I need to keep re-latching her if it's just because it's a slow flow? I feel like she's not all that interested in re-latching, but if this is why then obviously I don't want to pull her off early. Hmm....I'll have to pay attention to that. I'm just not sure if she'd be done because my breasts don't feel empty.
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    BFP #2: 3.26.13, EDC: 12.7.13. Anya born December 9th, 2013!
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  • JaxRenee90JaxRenee90 member

    My 12 week old is starting something similar. She'll eat for about ten or fifteen minutes, then start pulling and pushing away, sometimes when she's almost sleeping. If she doesn't come un-attached herself I'll unlatch her cause it can get kinda painful. When I do that, she gets really mad and acts like she's starving... it can get kinda frustrating! It's made me kind of worried about supply too. Does this sound like it could be my supply regulating and slower flow too?

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  • eggmankateeggmankate member
    casey78 said:

    Ha! My LO just does a ton of shorter feeds she she's distracted. The dog can't even walk by now without getting her attention. I think she also started making up for it by (sorry) waking up more to feed in MOTN. It is quiet and not at all interesting then, so she feeds well.  Kellymom has some tips on distracted nursing. 

    I'll check KellyMom, thanks!
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    TTC since April 2011. DH Dx MFI in February 2012. BFP #1: 7.16.12. MMC dx: 8.22.12, D&C 8.28.12, TTC Again November 2012. DH Varicocele repair November 2012; Repeat SA showed "dramatic" improvement February 2013 (awesome!)
    BFP #2: 3.26.13, EDC: 12.7.13. Anya born December 9th, 2013!
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  • eggmankateeggmankate member
    JaxRenee90 said:

    My 12 week old is starting something similar. She'll eat for about ten or fifteen minutes, then start pulling and pushing away, sometimes when she's almost sleeping. If she doesn't come un-attached herself I'll unlatch her cause it can get kinda painful. When I do that, she gets really mad and acts like she's starving... it can get kinda frustrating! It's made me kind of worried about supply too. Does this sound like it could be my supply regulating and slower flow too?

    Yep, my sentiments and questions exactly :)
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    TTC since April 2011. DH Dx MFI in February 2012. BFP #1: 7.16.12. MMC dx: 8.22.12, D&C 8.28.12, TTC Again November 2012. DH Varicocele repair November 2012; Repeat SA showed "dramatic" improvement February 2013 (awesome!)
    BFP #2: 3.26.13, EDC: 12.7.13. Anya born December 9th, 2013!
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