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Latch and Unlatch

KewiiKewii member
edited April 2014 in Breastfeeding
Hi ladies,

I could really use some help. My baby girl is 3 weeks old now and I'm really starting to struggle with nursing. Twice a day (8-10 am and 5:30-7:30 pm) we get into this pattern that I call monster baby. Basically she will spend that entire time latching, sucking for about a minute, and then unlatching. And she'll do it over and over again.

It's been going on for the past week, and I'm just getting incredibly frustrated. The rest of the day she latches fine, but those four hours everyday are killing me. I thought it might be oversupply/fast let down, so I tried laid back nursing last night. She ate fine for an hour...and then monster baby came out for two hours anyway. I'm just at a loss for what else to try.

I've tried to contact someone for help here, but breastfeeding isn't all that common here and I'm not sure the La Leche league is even active anymore.

Any suggestions, advice, or even just a "don't give up it gets better"?

Thanks

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Re: Latch and Unlatch

  • ValancyyValancyy member

    With my 2nd son he did this.  He would latch perfectly, then unlatch.  He would do this for 10-15 minutes until he finally settled down and drank.  But...he did this for every feeding for 8 weeks.  Then he finally stopped.  It was so frustrating and I never figured out why he did it.  I tried expressing a little before, thinking strong let down, but it didn't matter.

    As long as she's drinking the other times, sounds like it may just be something weird you have to get through. 

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  • KewiiKewii member
    Thank you ladies.  It helps to know that it's not out of the norm for this.  It's so important to me that breastfeeding is successful.  So it's nice to know that if I just take it a day at a time, it will get better.

    Thanks again!

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  • ChichigoChichigo member
    You can try relaxing with her in the bathtub and feeding her there. It works for me sometimes, but I waited until PP bleeding was over.

    Is it the same with both breasts? Sometimes my son will do this on one side but have better "table manners" on the other.
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  • KewiiKewii member
    Chichigo said:
    You can try relaxing with her in the bathtub and feeding her there. It works for me sometimes, but I waited until PP bleeding was over. Is it the same with both breasts? Sometimes my son will do this on one side but have better "table manners" on the other.
    It does seem to be both sides.

    Tonight I took @casey78's advice and just went with it tonight.  It was a lot easier and I didn't get as frustrated.  I switched her back and forth, or burped her, or just sat her up whenever she fussed or cried.  It took about an hour, but it seemed to help--or at least it helped me to have a plan for anytime she fussed or refused.

    But I'll add the bath idea to my list of things to try for when the bleeding stops :)

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