6 week old baby cries during breast feed

[flowers1]

I have posted on here before, and had some helpful advice that persauded me to carry on with breast feeding when I was going through a difficult time in the early days with my DD.

Initially, I was really worried about my supply, but I persevered and that has sorted itself out. If anything, DD struggles to cope with the flow now!

However, I still have a problem in that sometimes when feeding, she pulls herself off the breast with a cry/scream, cries for a few seconds or minutes before being desperate to latch back on and suckle. I talked to my HV about this as it makes feeding stressful and uncomfortable, and she thinks it is just colic.

Have tried the usual things: gripe water, infacol, colief, cranial osteopathy etc but she is still struggling. Has anyone else experienced this, and what did you do?

Thank you.

[DizzyBinterWonderland]

is it when you have a let down? ie when your milk comes down quicker with a sort of whoosh IYSWIM? sometimes little babies find it takes some getting used to.

[Miaou]

Could it possibly be thrush? Are you in any pain when you are feeding, flowers?

[flowers1]

I don't think it is thrush as I don't have any pain, rashes etc. Or is there something else that I should be looking for?

I do have strong let downs sometimes that cause DD to cough, but she doesn't worry about this, and the fussing often occurs well into a feed when my milk supply is "stabilised".

[Miaou]

Do you wind her part way through the feed?

[mrspoppins]

Great easy way to wind is to just sit baby on your lap in an upright position...the wind will come up of its own accord and is a gentle way to wind

Another thought is that my littlest had gastric reflux which used to cause her some pain during feeding akin to heartburn. Easily remedied. Have a chat with your HV

Happy New Year!
xxK