Pulling away but still wants to eat

grimmeaa · April 2014

Looking for advice..... My 3.5 week old takes both sides for 10-12 minutes each every 3 hours. She recently started pulling away and thrashing her arms about 5 minutes after the first let down. I let her suck until it's painful from her pulling. I burp her 3 times in that 10 minute time frame so I don't think she is just gassy but maybe she isn't getting enough?? She does this on both sides and after a few minutes after having both I offer the first side again but she just starts pulling away from the start.

Anyone have tips on why she's be doing this or what I can do to help her stop? TIA

ncbelle · April 2014

Is she getting out a good burp when you burp her? That's exactly what mine did when they had an air bubble. Do you have milk flowing when she pulls off? If so, it may be the letdown is a bit fast for her. If not, try using breast compressions to speed along the milk.

CLLDLL · April 2014

I vote either she's pulling to try to get a letdown/ faster flow or your letdown is a bit too fast for her liking.

If it's the first, my son used to do that too. I just made a point of doing breast compressions to speed things along and I switched sides often. Like do one side till he got too fussy, do the other till he fussed, back to the first side, second side again until he got full.

If it's the second, try expressing into a towel or burp rag for a couple minutes till the spray slows down. Then latch her on.

grimmeaa · April 2014

Thank you! I will try that!!

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