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Five nursing personalities - which one is your LO?

robynjeannetterobynjeannette member
edited June 2015 in May 2015 Moms
I ran across this article describing the five main nursing personalities and thought it was interesting.

Which one best describes your baby? Definitely Excited Ineffective over here!

https://www.whattoexpect.com/baby-behavior/newborn-nursing-personality.aspx
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Re: Five nursing personalities - which one is your LO?

  • danibonellodanibonello member
    Also Excited Ineffective! It's nice to see my situation mentioned and labeled... I just wish the suggestions listed in the article actually helped us.
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  • sailaplaysailaplay member
    Barracuda here.
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  • kremerj1kremerj1 member
    Barracuda! He even makes a noise when he latched!
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  • sherriems11sherriems11 member
    Rester ! Always Resting during feeds
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  • HeatherC21HeatherC21 member
    Rester here
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  • mars8kmars8k member
    I can't label my LO, she has almost done them all in 1 occasion or another, when she was first born she was mostly a rester, always falling asleep in mid feeding
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  • justkeeptryingjustkeeptrying member
    Agreed with @marsk8. My DS is all of them. Which is extremely frustrating because I never know how our feeding sessions are going to go. Our nighttime ones were perfect last night. This morning he was pulling off and on and hurting me so bad. So frustrating!!!
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  • PutMeintheZooPutMeintheZoo member
    DD is a few of them, too.  It depends on the time of day... Mornings she is easy going and is a rester / gourmet, but by evening she's pretty much an excited ineffective. She gets frustrated if she can't get milk fast enough. 
    Baby girl born on May 15, 2015!  (DS born 2011)
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  • marijaa333marijaa333 member
    Ineffective rester with a penchant for freaking out mid-feed here. I'm going with a new category: Spaz.
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  • lestes1121lestes1121 member
    Mines a barracuda even if I nurse before she shows signs of hunger she roots intensely until she finds the nip and the she goes to town. During he day she only nurses for 8-10 minutes every 3-4 hours. It might be due some to my over active let down. But it work and my I have a happy baby. I have to say it makes nursing in public less stressful knowing she only nurses for 10 minutes.
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  • rae430rae430 member
    I've got a barracuda who turns into a gourmet after about 10 minutes. He could be on there FOREVER if I let him.
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  • kristaelaine86kristaelaine86 member
    I definitely have a little barracuda. Painful at first no matter how perfect her latch is because she is so aggressive. Feedings last about ten minutes, one side.
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  • Jillio31Jillio31 member
    My LO is a rester! Always taking breaks during feedings.
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  • uwemiuwemi member
    Barracuda here. She does one breast per feeding for max 15mins.
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  • MrsElizabethPlanoMrsElizabethPlano member
    edited June 2015
    I've got a rester. At the hospital nurses noticed this and gave me tips like burping and switching sides after she's actually fallen asleep. I do feel like most of my time is spent with her doing nothing but holding my nipple in her mouth :P
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