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Too impatient for the let down

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Bumperlicious · 31/12/2010 20:00

Dd2 (14 weeks) has started fussing at feeds in the evening. She is crying and not staying latched on. I think she is impatient for the let down & not staying on long enough to get it to come. Just now & yesterday I pumped to get the let down & that seemed to help. But I don't want to have to do that every time.

The thing is I seem to remember having the same thing with dd1 & I tried everything to encourage the let down but eventually I ended up just giving her ebm in the evening but dd2 is a bit of a bottle refuser & I don't want to do that anyway.

Does anyone have any advice or experience?

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Igglystuffedfullofturkey · 31/12/2010 20:22

Could she actually be tired and is fussing as she wants to feed to sleep? Might be worth trying to feed somewhere quiet and putting to bed earlier?

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Bumperlicious · 31/12/2010 20:29

Hmmm maybe. She tends to be up feeding most of the evening and the problem is when I go 'somewhere quiet' I end up stuck upstairs all evening :(

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Igglystuffedfullofturkey · 31/12/2010 21:01

:( I remember DS's sleep changing around 3 months - he needed more quiet to go to sleep otherwise he'd get overtired and wouldn't settle. Took ages to realise his sleepy window was around 6.30 - if we missed it (so feeding had to start around 6) then I'd be buggered and would take hours to settle. DH and I had a lot of dinners separately! It did pass though so maybe keep trying an early bedtime and putting down and see what happens.

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chabbychic · 31/12/2010 21:02

I had an impatient feeder. Was really hard. I managed to do it by swapping sides often and trying to relax as much as possible. It does get easier!

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PenguinArmy · 31/12/2010 23:18

Same as chabbychic here. Lots of switch feeding, sometimes distraction works, giving her a frozen toy to chomp on and she latched on and off, but she's a bit older.

Once I had ruled out silent reflux, I just resigned myself to it (in a good way). For the most part it's OK now except for teething and she's impossible to feed in public.

Kellymom has a good section on fussy eaters, but my feeling is that some babies are just born that way. Something will work for a couple of nights and it stops working.

I have attributed DD's behaviour to slow let-down as once we get there, we're fine.

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Bumperlicious · 31/12/2010 23:36

It was awful with dd1, I just hope it gets better with dd2. Thanks for the replies :)