Inconsistant Nipple Confusion?

Lolo427 · December 2015

Good evening everyone, I posted this on N15 board but figured I'd also get some broader answers here.

So serious frustration and concern here. My DD is 7 weeks today, and unfortunately we have spent the last week and a half with purple crying or colic...screaming for hours. The past few days she's now developed issues latching leading into more crazy fits. Maybe once every 2 or 3 days DH would feed using bottle to allow me a break or time to pump to empty to up my supply.

So: yesterday night I went to work and DH fed her from the stash via avent natural . No prob: came home last night latched no issues. This morning I got 2 feeds in and then come 11 she lost her ever loving mind after eating for 20 minutes and refusing to latch again, ended with a bottle. I think maybe she was frustrated with the slow letdown? Again tonight at 7:30 o clock (she just calmed and fell asleep now) Felicity again went bat shit crazy and after 10-15 minutes of eating refused to latch. Ended up needing to use more freezer stash via bottle . So at this point I'm starting to get really really nervous and am totally lost on the sometimes a-ok when latching and other times having a two hour fit over latching. I know for sure it's out of frustration but it all just ends with me trying for awhike to get her to latch as I want to avoid the bottle (Im now afraid there's some sort of nipple confusion) and breaking down in a fit of tears and ending up giving her a bottle anyway. I haven't pumped because as I said she usually gets a good 20 minute feeding before hand from me. Anyone else having this weird back and forth. Uber anxious for next feeding to see if she latches....

I guess the real question is is there selective or sometimes nipple confusion? This is now the 3rd of 4th time this has happened in the past 3 days or so.

tracij12 · December 2015

After 20 minutes, are you still seeing hunger cues? At 7 weeks my LO's nursing sessions started to get much shorter.
Do you use a paci? I have found with DD2 that if I try to get her to relatch after she's unlatched on her own she gets super frustrated b/c while she wants to suck she doesn't want milk.

If she's taking the bottle though, then I guess she may still be hungry and you might be right about frustration from slow let down. You could try pumping to get things going before you try to latch her.

Good luck and hope it's just a quickly passing phase!!

hakettler · December 2015

Ugh I feel your pain. I'm in the same situation. LO is fine feeding in the morning but toward the afternoon and evening she gets very frustrated and won't latch at all until I get my letdown. I have started to pump for a minute to get my letdown then switch to her. She gulps it down, I switch to the other side and she gulps then gets upset again. I'm just sticking with it and trying to not get frustrated, but man it's tough.

Also--my LC told me to switch bottles. I was using the avent naturals too and now I switched to dr. Browns with preemie nipple. I also try very hard to not be the one who gives her a bottle. It's tough though when I'm the only one home with her and she won't eat

amandajmonceaux · December 2015

When I was having trouble they told me to not give a bottle because the baby gets lazy and won't suck from the breast. They told me that a bottle is free flowing and requires much less sucking to get milk. I always had poor supply so I had to use bottles with all my kids but I hope what they told me may help you in some way.

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