Baby crying on breast

jbv89 · August 2015

Hi everyone! I have been a lurker on this site for a while but am finally reaching out now. I am really struggling with breastfeeding. The first two weeks my son was doing wonderful breastfeeding (I was just trying to get past the sore nipple part) but since he hit 3 weeks (he is 5 weeks now) nearly every time I feed him during the day he cries after feeding about 5 minutes or so on the breast. I calm him down and try to burp him and he will latch on again for a short time then starts the crying again, does the same thing on the other side as well. I just have no way of telling when he is done! He is gaining weight well though, went from 7.7 ounces when he was born to 10.4 at 4 weeks! But he was feeding well through half of that. He is on 1 mL of Zantac for acid reflux and we use gripe water as well. I am just so frustrated. He spits up so much every time I feed him. I have tried several times different positions and nothing seems to work. He does breast feed well though at night and has no problems with the lay down latch then. But he doesn't do the lay down latch well during the day. And now that he's hitting growth spurts I have no time pump in between feedings. I "pace feed" with a bottle of breast milk and he has never cried that way. I just want to know if you guys think this is just a phase or that it will get better and he will stop this.

jbv89 · August 2015

I also have cut dairy out of my diet. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

cmorden1114 · August 2015

I am in the exact situation as you. My son is 6 weeks and it's finally getting better, I've cut back on dairy as well and that seems to help a little. So weird that they do so well at night, but we deserve the break. Ha

jbv89 · August 2015

So glad I am not alone in this even though I would never wish this on anyone! I hope it gets better at 6 weeks like it did with you!

mers90 · August 2015

My girl is the same way, I read that it could be because of milk overproduction and it could be coming out too fast for them so they're not enjoying it and that pumping makes it worse, what you should do is take your baby off the breast and let the milk flow for a couple of seconds so that the heavy flow stops before they latch again.

e1223 · August 2015

All 3 of my babies have done this- and it's so random, not every feeding, seems very unexplained. I do think it's mostly due to an overactive letdown and oversupply for me. I've never even attempted taking dairy out of my diet because I love dairy too much

my older kids eventually stopped. It is truly maddening, but this time I'm just rolling with it and figure it will also stop soon enough because it has before. My baby is one month old today.

apetruck · August 2015

I am experiencing this as well and baby is 6 weeks tomorrow. We saw the ped this week and he increased the Zantac dose and said that should help or we would go to Prevacid? It seems some feedings are okay now but the evening around bedtime is still the worst. I'm hoping this phases away because it's really been hard on me.

LBland09 · August 2015

My LO does the same thing but only when I don't use a nipple shield. Could the shield slow the letdown for him maybe?

kamio92 · August 2015

It could be soooooo many things. Oversupply, under supply, poor latch.

I can only speak from my experience. My little one gets fussy during the day because of low supply/slow let down. She'll do exactly what you described. She will feed for awhile fuss five mins in, rinse repeat.

I use a nutritional supplementer. It's a feeding tube system that gives her an additional supply of my milk when there's not much/nothing coming from me.

jbv89 · August 2015

Thank you for all the tips and advice!

I had my aunt who a board certified lactation consultant and she gave me some great advice that seems to be working so far. She said to feed as soon as you notice your baby waking up, if he or she is crying it's already too late and they probably won't cooperate and continue crying. My problem is my letdown reflux is too strong so he is getting too much at once and it frustrates him, but when I get him right when he is first waking up he doesn't suck as hard and doesn't get frustrated just like which explains why he does so well at night. She also said to compress the side of your breast to help it not come out as strong. So far these things are helping a lot. She said that by 2 or 3 months is should get a lot better and to just try my best to have a good attitude and it all should work itself out! Also if you use a bottle be sure to use a slow flow nipple. Hope some of this helps. It's not a cure but hopefully something that can help is manage this hard phase.

Mariahst · August 2015

My baby does the same. The doctor figured it's acid reflux. A little oval before feelings as helped my little one. Also not having her lay flat but evavating her head.

Melis222 · August 2015

My girl will do this randomly, fuss/cry at breast. Usually, it seems like she's really tired and doesn't have the patience. Then she will fall asleep. I am off dairy/soy due to allergy and she does have reflux (but not on meds). I can't figure it if she is too tired or if the flow is slow and it's frustrating her??? She ate great today at 2:45 but now it's 7:15 and our feeding have been terrible. Not sure what to do??

camilaSS · September 2015

Mine does that too. What I figured is that on these occasions he had already enough milk, but still comes to the breast for comfort. He just wants to keep sucking, but when the milk keeps coming, he gets upset. So I either give him the pacifier or hand him over to my husband/mum (who don't smell like milk, so it's easier for bub to relax with them ln these occasions)

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