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Infant feeding

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Help please 20 week old pulling nipple when feeding

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JodieG1 · 31/05/2007 18:02

Since yesterday he's been clamping down on my nipple and pulling back and it's really painful. Is there anything I can do to stop this? Breastfeeding is going so well and I'm still exclusively breastfeeding. He's doing it sometimes to have a look about and just not letting go but also just now he's done it again but just pulled his head back and looked at me grinning. I know he's not doing it on purpose and he was just smiling at me normally but it still hurt! I really don't want to give up breastfeeding yet so I'm hoping someone can help us here.

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deestingsduznotappen · 31/05/2007 18:10

Same thing happened to me around the same time! Can't offer any advice, only that he did stop it after a while!
Needed to feed him with no distractions, no-one in the room, no TV etc. That seemed to help a bit! Good Luck!

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JodieG1 · 31/05/2007 18:16

Thanks. I can't feed him in quiet as have dd and ds1 too just 5 and 3 years respectively. Hope he stops soon!

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deestingsduznotappen · 31/05/2007 18:20

Good luck, - I remember how frustrated I got. BF turned into a fight where I was 'clamping' his head to my boob which upset him, and upset me!

Actually, while I think about it, I remember that LO seemed to get really efficient at feeding around this time and only needed to feed for short times, but I was slow to catch on. Eventually when he 'messed around' I stopped the feed. He continued to gain weight despite what seemed like less feeding! HTH!

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JodieG1 · 31/05/2007 18:23

Thanks again. He's a very efficient feeder as it is! Only feeds 10 mins at a time during the day really, he feeds longer during the night but that seems mostly comfort and also when he's going off to sleep in the evenings he usually feeds for longer.

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JodieG1 · 31/05/2007 20:08

Anyone else?

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2Happy · 31/05/2007 20:12

Jodie (hi how are you?!) - I remember ds1 doing this about this time too, it ws so frustrating (and sore!). I ws able to mostly feed him in a quiet room which helped - impractica; for you. Tried using a muslin over his head so he couldn't see, but he just seemed to find that hilarious so it didn't help either! Sorry, not much help!

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JodieG1 · 31/05/2007 20:22

Hi, I'm good thanks. Will post on post natal tomorrow Thanks for the message, not sure the muslin would help either as he always laughs when I pull babygros over his head.

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JodieG1 · 31/05/2007 20:22

Only just getting over my sore throat though, lasted for ages!

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JodieG1 · 01/06/2007 07:54

Guess noone else knows either!

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sockmonkey · 01/06/2007 08:06

Both mine have done it. No suggestions just sympathy.
It's worse when they do get distracted and they whip thier head round while still attatched. yeouch!

Amberjee · 01/06/2007 08:59

hey there, my LO has been doing this and is about the same age. mostly it seems that he's more interested in what is going on than focussing on eating properly. i don't know what to advise really. i have to take him away from all distraction and feed him in a dark room. i've had days when we are out of the house where he's actually refused to eat for the whole day as there is too much going on.
actually i think the one thing that helps is feeding him in a sleepy state, so i try to feed him as he's going off to naps and just as he's waking up, and he feeds well in the middle of the night of course!
i'm sure it will pass at some point.
xx

Amberjee · 01/06/2007 09:01

i'm with deestings too. whenever he made feeding too difficult i'd just stop and come back to it later. i think sometimes he does just want a quick snack and i'm trying to give him a full feed. as long as weights ok, they'll be fine.

suis · 05/06/2007 01:11

My DS does this too... bloody nippy it is too. (no pun intended). I agree with others that when he starts "playing with his food" then he's not that starving anymore and I take him off the breast for a while. He'll let me know if he's still hungry, but most of the time when he starts nibbling and pulling he's just got all fidgety and a play break seems to work.

3flightsofstairs · 05/06/2007 01:40

My DS did this too around the same age (just ehen his first tooth came through i seem to remember - ouch). I screamed as I got such a fright, put him on the floor and walked away. He got a fright because I screamed too but wasn't upset. he did it again a few days later and I put him on the floor and wlaked away again. I found that he would think about doing it when I was distracted and I'd manage to whip him off before that happened. Pretty difficult not being able to feed him alone with undivided attention. Not sure how I'm going to manage with one 18m.o. and a new baby... If you find out, please let me know!
good luck x

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