Hi all
I’ve been battling with this issue for a while and have made no progress having spoken to a number of professionals, so thought I would share here in case anyone is in the same boat!
My LO IS 13 weeks, and from birth through to about 8 weeks we had no breastfeeding issues. She has tongue tie but a specialist said her latch was fine and don’t disrupt it if the latch is good. She would always feed well, no posseting, and gaining weight well. We were really lucky!
Unfortunately, at about 8-9 weeks, she started fussing on the boob. This would include signalling she was hungry, latching for a bit but getting very aggravated, going red in the face and pulling off. This usually coincided with me being able to hear her stomach rumbling, like the milk was having an adverse reaction. I tried Colief for a while, but it didn’t seem to make a difference consistently (but I may not have been using it properly as it’s a bit difficult when bfing) and I was wary of her becoming dependent on it so didn’t continue with it.
The frustrating thing is that sometimes she feeds perfectly, especially when she’s sleepy and calm, and it’s great. What’s so hard is that other times, like this morning, I feed her for about 8 mins on one boob, then she starts getting very fussy, I hear her stomach and she refuses to feed more, but she’s still giving hungry cues and I know she’d Usually feed more.
I’ve been thinking it must be a food allergy, so going to remove all dairy from my diet to see if that helps. I had thought this before but then would assume she would have issues at every feed, or might also be sick, which she isn’t.
I know I’m so lucky to have had a good experience at the start, and she’s still gaining weight well and filling nappies so it’s not a dire situation, I just would love to be able to feed her well and without stress consistently, and want to do something to help the situation if I can! Maybe this is just how she’s going to feed, and I need to accept that, it’s just quite stressful and I’d love to go back to calm, happy feeds all the time if possible! Everyone says things get easier after 3 months but for us it seems harder!
Any help or suggestions very much appreciated.