I want to NIP dd doesnt?

[guest9955]

Why wont she eat when we are out? Eats like a champ at home but when we are out (even in calm familiar places) she wont even thing about eating and gets mad when i beg. it goes on fot hours till she is grumpy and im FULL and when we get home she eats like crazy!

any one else have this? What can i do? I end up making a scene trying to get her to eat, and we both end up upset. If i dont nurse i find i am very prone to clogged ducts

help?

[Mama2Rio]

she mght be too distracted and taking in a new enviorment...

do you have her in a sling or carier that would help her focus on you?

[maeby]

i have this problem and unfortunatly have taken to bring my pump along on day trips and pumping him a bottle. we went hiking in sedona last sunday and the kid would not even nurse while sleeping. he has to be laying down to do it. so when we got back to the truck, dh drove, i pumped and ds sucked down 5 oz.

[_betsy_]

I hate to mention it, but would baby be more comfortable and less sdistracted in the sling or under a blanket?

The first couple times I tried to NIP DD2, she didn't want anything to do with it. Even at only a few weeks old. Yes, she was hungry and wanted to nurse, but she didn't want to do it wherever I was at the time. Finding a quiet place where we could both relax was key. Difficult to do with a toddler in tow, though!

[LadyCatherine185]

DS, two days younger than your DD, is the same way. I just have to plan things around when I know he will want to eat. It's tough, but I'm hoping he gets over it soon..

[BakerALM]

This is actually a form of nursing strike when it gets to this level where their is NOTHING you can do to get your babe to nurse while in a particular location.

Just keep trying, even if you work to get her to nurse in the car by practicing going to the car to nurse while it is just in the driveway. Then no matter where you were you would have a place you could go to nurse that she would be familiar with.

[guestmama9920]

my DD does this, I tend to nurse in the car its more comfy too

[guest9955]

the car is a good idea- if i can at least get her to eat there. no luck yet but guess it will come with time?

we have a 10hour flight next month- scared what that may be like if she doesnt eat. would like to go visit family too. what do you guys do? just go and figure they will eat if they get hungry or stay close to home? i feel like i cant go out for more than 2 hours- i start getting really stressed she hasnt eaten. is it wrong to drag her along and just expect her to eat or go hungry?

Why do they do this? anybody have a baby grow out of it(please say yes...)?

[AGierald]

Mine is the same way, and has been since he was born! He just WONT nip... not with a blanket, not without one, nothing I do will make him NIP, lol. I end up having to go to the car, but hes so long thats hard to do in our little cavalier, lol.

[Macnamara]

My DS will not nurse if there is any sort of distraction. If I nurse in the dressing/nursing room at Motherhood Maternity, I have to make sure he can't even see the mirror.

He's been like that since day 1. I just plan around nursing.

[BakerALM]

I also had to plan around nursing. My DD was on strike for months and NIP or even out of our bedroom was impossible! What helped her get though it was distraction. One of my best tricks once she got a bit older was to offer her toys to play with while she was nursing, nursing only toys. I would stick a toy under my chin, preferably something soft that she could hold in her hand easily (but I have been know to use what ever I could find lieing around at the time) and then only allow her to play with in when she nursed. When she popped off I would take the toy away. It was VERY annoying for her but she learned quickly that if she wanted to play with that new interestring toy she had to be latched on. Once she learned that then I could try to go to different places that she would not normally nurse, pull out a new toy she had never seen before, stick it under my chin and position her to nurse, if her desire to play with the toy was greater than her desire to NOT nurse where ever we were she would latch on.

Honestly it sounds strange and really does look funny to everyone around me but it had SAVED our nursing relationship! I think this worked for us because I was hooking in to her natural developmental desire to explore new things. She would get so into looking at the toy that she would almost forget where she was!

[maeby]

i have tried so hard to get my ds comfortable nursing when not lying down. he just wont do it. we are going to NE to visit family next month and im bringing my pump because he doesnt ever give up, he starves himself. we went on a day trip and i didnt bring a pump or a bottle and he went 7 hours.... i gave him water from my cup to keep him hydrated. he threw a fit on the way home and i could not calm him down, because he was starving! but he would only scream louder if i offered my breast and my kid hardly ever cries so i know he mustve been hurting. anyway, not to be negative nancy because there is a chance she will get over it but when you are on a 10 hour flight you need to have a backup plan just in case (bring a pump and a cup or bottle she will drink out of).

[guest9955]

oh gosh...

we dont have a pump and she hasnt ever had a bottle or a cup...ive always been scared of nipple confusion plus i tried to pump to relieve a duct about 2 months ago and got nothing (except sore nipples)! we havent started solid yet

is it terrible of me to expect her to eat or go hungry? dont you think if she gets hungry enough she will just do it? or will she be to upset by then (i know i will be upset by then..)?

ive tried expressing into her mouth but she does like that much....

should i buy a bottle and try and hand express into it? willl my suplly go down? what if she wont take it?

[Maggirayne]

She's 7 mos, did she just start this? Mine wouldn't until 11-12 mos. Just too distracted. A sling helps. That and timing it so nursing is the last thing I do before we go out the door.