Hi mamas.
I've been reading the other posts on this topic and wanted to ask for some advice myself. I have 2 daughters, both preemies, one is 2.5 and still nursing 3 times a day or so. The baby is 6.5 months old and is the one that seems to have the problem.
My first daughter nursed/s like a champ, for comfort, loves it, no problems. The baby seems to hate nursing!!! She will nurse for no longer then 5 minutes and usually comes off choking/sputtering. She is not a huge vomiter at all but does the back arching and lots of screaming, and is currently on zantac. She is growing well but just seems to hate to nurse. She won't nurse to sleep (unheard of with my first!). Sometimes late at night she will lie down and nurse well with me. Maybe the supply slows down. i still have to put my arm under her head and lift it a little though.
Since day one she has frequent green powerful stools (though not always, many are what i consider normal looking). my toddler never has had stools like this.
They more or less each have their own "side" and have since the beginning but i will occasonally switch the baby over. So the typical advice of block nursing doesnt really work for us since we do that anyway. I also nurse her mostly upright, sometimes let the toddler nurse quickly first (instead of pumping), nurse in a carrier, etc.
I think the tandem nursing may be causing my oversupply. Although i know lots of tandem nursers that don't have this problem.
I guess I am just not sure what to do. She is healthy and growing but just seems like she hates to nurse! It's just so foreign to me, with my first, nursing is like her favourite thing ever and could always be used to calm her in any situation.
My husband ends up calming the baby more often then not because nursing just gets her more upset and hysterical.
I feel like i am just putting in time now until she weans which makes me sad because i wanted to nurse them both as long as they wanted. i feel like she will wean before my toddler does. it just seems to make her so unhappy.
Sorry for my rambling post, hope you're still reading
I've been reading the other posts on this topic and wanted to ask for some advice myself. I have 2 daughters, both preemies, one is 2.5 and still nursing 3 times a day or so. The baby is 6.5 months old and is the one that seems to have the problem.
My first daughter nursed/s like a champ, for comfort, loves it, no problems. The baby seems to hate nursing!!! She will nurse for no longer then 5 minutes and usually comes off choking/sputtering. She is not a huge vomiter at all but does the back arching and lots of screaming, and is currently on zantac. She is growing well but just seems to hate to nurse. She won't nurse to sleep (unheard of with my first!). Sometimes late at night she will lie down and nurse well with me. Maybe the supply slows down. i still have to put my arm under her head and lift it a little though.
Since day one she has frequent green powerful stools (though not always, many are what i consider normal looking). my toddler never has had stools like this.
They more or less each have their own "side" and have since the beginning but i will occasonally switch the baby over. So the typical advice of block nursing doesnt really work for us since we do that anyway. I also nurse her mostly upright, sometimes let the toddler nurse quickly first (instead of pumping), nurse in a carrier, etc.
I think the tandem nursing may be causing my oversupply. Although i know lots of tandem nursers that don't have this problem.
I guess I am just not sure what to do. She is healthy and growing but just seems like she hates to nurse! It's just so foreign to me, with my first, nursing is like her favourite thing ever and could always be used to calm her in any situation.
My husband ends up calming the baby more often then not because nursing just gets her more upset and hysterical.
I feel like i am just putting in time now until she weans which makes me sad because i wanted to nurse them both as long as they wanted. i feel like she will wean before my toddler does. it just seems to make her so unhappy.
Sorry for my rambling post, hope you're still reading
