Pulling off and being a bobble head-help!

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My ds2 (9 days) has been fussy since yesterday...he slept all day and I had to wake him for feeds. He latches on then pulls off and on and off and bobbling his head all around for about 25 minutes, then he settles and feeds. He hasn't done this all week so I'm not sure why he's started now, when he latches on I have no pain or problems it's just he wants to mess about before hand! Will this stop or is it something I'm doing wrong?

Hi - this sounds like one for the midwife, and you can call and speak and ask for a visit as well, as someone knowledgable needs to observe your baby, I think.

Hard to say what might be going on, and it would be a good idea for an all-round check (weight, mouth, jaundice, milk transfer, positioning, attachment....).

OTOH, it may be one of those mysteries that disappears and you will never know what happened :)

It's hard to really tell without seeing you feed to be honist. Are you still seeing the MW can they come and watch a feed.

The one thing that does spring to mind it that holding the back of baby's head can cause this sometime's. As they have nerves in the back of the head which if you hold they get confussed as to where the nipple is. You need to support baby's neck but not hold the back of the head. Of course if your already doing this then it could be something else.

Hi. MW called and said his latch is fine and he might be windy as he's hungry but hesitant about latching on. She said breast fed babies tend to eat when hungry and ff babies can be "lured" with the bottle. His last feed was for an hour and he latched on straight away (after his bath so probably due to trauma ). Hopefully it's just a phase that'll pass. My HV is here tomorrow so she might be able to shine more light on it.