Ouch! DS pulling away from breast but staying latched on.

[expatmama]

DS2 is 10.5wks and has just started to keep pulling away from me as I feed him - but he stays latched on - it's not only driving me mad but it hurts too (and i'm not even going to begin to imagine what permanent damage he is inflicting on my norks). He's a strong little chap and it's not easy to stop him without feeling that i'm using unreasonable force! Any tips please? Thanks in advance.

I found putting my little finger in the corner of his mouth made him 'de-latch'. I think you just need to break the vacuum!

why do they do this? MY DS2 is doing this too (he's 4 weeks) and it's really odd.

I remember going through that. It's agony - and irritating, as you say. But I don't think, Ali, that they are wanting to stop feeding, are they - so breaking the vacuum is not helping much. I think they are pilling and continuing to feed at the same time. I can't remember how I dealt with it, if at all, but I don't thik it went on long. You could try putting, and keeping, your hand behind his head so that you feel immediately if he starts to pull away and spply pressure to stop him doing so?
Sorry, can't really help. Just sympathy!

You're right utterly - he keeps pulling his head back and forwards mid-feed. I do hold him firmly and try to keep him from doing it, but do feel that i am gripping him a wee bit too tightly in the process as he is so darn strong. Let's hope it is a short lived phase as you said you experienced. Thanks for the sympathy, blurry hurts sometimes!

As Ali said I would detatch ds when he did this which would result in some indignant little squawks frantac snuffling trying to reattach and very quickly he learned if he pulled, food supply went bye byes

Sorry, did the old trick of assuming everyone else knows what's in my head! I did mean what ymonster said, take him off and re-attach, my ds seemed to settle after doing this a few times. Is it during all feeds, coz my ds only did this at the early evening feed.

Now that's interesting - until you asked I hadn't thought about what time of day it was - but yes, it's at the early evening feed / mid evening feed and worse with one breast than the other. Maybe it's milk supply dipping. Since the OP, I've been delatching him from that breast when he starts the pulling away trick and swapping him over and he does seem a bit less frantic.