I had plenty of issues before, with reflux ( cut out dairy and soy, much better) oversupply (doing 6 hour block feeding) and an overactive letdown (sidelying, block feeding also helps)
so just when I feel like we are in a groove, and ds is actually able to comfort nurse a bit (2nd or 4rd time on a side) everything changes!
the last week has been awesome otherwise since he's now smiling/laughing a ton. Interacting, etc. So I am wondering if that's part of it.
but just the last two days we are in this tough vicious cycle. Overnight is fine, I nurse him sleepy, no issues. First thing in the AM he's playful, smiling, fun. I try and nurse him since its been two hours but he's too distracted by the ceiling fan, my face, a light, you name it. He doesn't seem interested. He'll latch, and then smile and lose the latch (which while being cute can be frustrating) so I give up trying to nurse him and play w/ him a bit. After an hour he'll get super upset, cranky, rooting, unable to latch now since he's so upset. I have to bounce him on our ball and try and nurse him that way and even that is way harder than it used to be (I would have to do it before if I waited to long to try and nurse him)
he'll finally nurse finally for 5min, and then be still screaming at the breast and looking exhausted, since it now will be two hours since he was last asleep, so I put him to sleep (bouncing works for this as well) he'll sleep maybe 45min since he's hungry. I try and catch him right as he gets up w/ the boob and he'll again nurse a tiny bit, look around, smile, etc. Repeat. Last night after a day of this it came to a head of sorts and I was unable to nurse or put him to sleep for hours. When he finally went to sleep he slept for a long time in a row as well.
Is this just a phase since he's becoming aware/interactive? Will he go back to being able to nurse for more than 5min at a time?
ideas? I am so perplexed that he seems so much more difficult now to understand. Am I really supposed to recognize hungry/bored/gas etc cries? Since I don't - they all sound the same to me! It so seems he's just not hungry w/ how he arches his back and gets so upset at the boob (similar to when he had the bad reflux) but I know he *must* be just based on time and breast-emptying. Its possible I ate something I guess I shouldn't have, but I don't think so. For those w/ dairy sensitivies, how much could cause an issue? I feel crazy thinking that a tiny bit could cause this reaction, but I did accidentally have a tiny bit of feta the day before all of this. It just seems improbable that it could have that much of an effect?
so just when I feel like we are in a groove, and ds is actually able to comfort nurse a bit (2nd or 4rd time on a side) everything changes!
the last week has been awesome otherwise since he's now smiling/laughing a ton. Interacting, etc. So I am wondering if that's part of it.
but just the last two days we are in this tough vicious cycle. Overnight is fine, I nurse him sleepy, no issues. First thing in the AM he's playful, smiling, fun. I try and nurse him since its been two hours but he's too distracted by the ceiling fan, my face, a light, you name it. He doesn't seem interested. He'll latch, and then smile and lose the latch (which while being cute can be frustrating) so I give up trying to nurse him and play w/ him a bit. After an hour he'll get super upset, cranky, rooting, unable to latch now since he's so upset. I have to bounce him on our ball and try and nurse him that way and even that is way harder than it used to be (I would have to do it before if I waited to long to try and nurse him)
he'll finally nurse finally for 5min, and then be still screaming at the breast and looking exhausted, since it now will be two hours since he was last asleep, so I put him to sleep (bouncing works for this as well) he'll sleep maybe 45min since he's hungry. I try and catch him right as he gets up w/ the boob and he'll again nurse a tiny bit, look around, smile, etc. Repeat. Last night after a day of this it came to a head of sorts and I was unable to nurse or put him to sleep for hours. When he finally went to sleep he slept for a long time in a row as well.
Is this just a phase since he's becoming aware/interactive? Will he go back to being able to nurse for more than 5min at a time?
ideas? I am so perplexed that he seems so much more difficult now to understand. Am I really supposed to recognize hungry/bored/gas etc cries? Since I don't - they all sound the same to me! It so seems he's just not hungry w/ how he arches his back and gets so upset at the boob (similar to when he had the bad reflux) but I know he *must* be just based on time and breast-emptying. Its possible I ate something I guess I shouldn't have, but I don't think so. For those w/ dairy sensitivies, how much could cause an issue? I feel crazy thinking that a tiny bit could cause this reaction, but I did accidentally have a tiny bit of feta the day before all of this. It just seems improbable that it could have that much of an effect?
Its hard not to feel like a bad mom though when he gets so riled up!
