DD is 18 months old and I do not want to stop nursing, but dd and I are having some problems. She has pretty much stopped nursing for the milk, and comfort nurses mostly. About a month ago she cut her daytime nursings in half, and I have way less milk now. She still nurses whenever she wakes up at night, which is anywhere from 0-4 times and it is the worst at night because she is sleepy. I really don't want to night wean though. Ok, let me stop rambling and get to the point. She has started to only half-latch and it is driving me CRAZY! She puts her mouth around my areola like shes supposed to but then she just kind of slurps and I know she is sucking air because I can hear it. The slurping is getting REALLY OLD, REALLY FAST.
What can I do to fix this? would increasing my milk supply help, so she would need to latch on well to get the milk? I really don't want to night wean, because I'm afraid she'll wean sooner overall that way. The slurpy thing is really irritating and I am really not enjoying nursing anymore because of it.
Please help, I don't know how much more I can stand. sorry if it's rambling I'm having a hard time thinking because i've been crying.
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I just nursed Fiona to sleep this afternoon and I noticed that she is doing the slurpy thing after my milk lets down. So I wondered if there was some reason that she didn't want the milk. My milk tastes like salty Dial soap (yes, I tasted it). It was pretty yucky. I just had a period on the 25th of dec. and I REALLY don't think I could be the P word. Does your milk change taste right before your period? I know I just had one two weeks ago, but my periods are crazy! Now I'm kind of worried. please tell me what you think.
Oh, I'm sorry if this post didn't turn out right, I'm new at this
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What can I do to fix this? would increasing my milk supply help, so she would need to latch on well to get the milk? I really don't want to night wean, because I'm afraid she'll wean sooner overall that way. The slurpy thing is really irritating and I am really not enjoying nursing anymore because of it.
Please help, I don't know how much more I can stand. sorry if it's rambling I'm having a hard time thinking because i've been crying.
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I just nursed Fiona to sleep this afternoon and I noticed that she is doing the slurpy thing after my milk lets down. So I wondered if there was some reason that she didn't want the milk. My milk tastes like salty Dial soap (yes, I tasted it). It was pretty yucky. I just had a period on the 25th of dec. and I REALLY don't think I could be the P word. Does your milk change taste right before your period? I know I just had one two weeks ago, but my periods are crazy! Now I'm kind of worried. please tell me what you think.
Oh, I'm sorry if this post didn't turn out right, I'm new at this