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My ds is 2 months old. He's nursing great and really gaining weight fast, probably because he's still nursing every 1-2 hours. Boy am I tired, but this is so worth it.
Anyhoo, my question is, why does he scream bloody murder for at least 5-10 minutes after eating? Sometimes burping and vomiting helps him, but sometimes it doesn't. Last night he was up crying from 10:30 pm until 1 am, but more usually he cries for about 10 minutes. I tried nursing him more, and he'd latch, but then pop off and start screaming. He wouldn't burp or spit up. He cries after almost every feeding.
We did try him on Zantac when he was about 4 weeks old for his constant screaming (and I do mean constant - 9+ hours straight), and it did help. I felt terrible giving it to him, though, and it did affect our nursing relationship. He seemed so suspicious of nursing, I think it's because the Zantac tastes so bad. I stopped giving it to him after a week and a half because he just wasn't crying as much as he had been. But he still cries after eating, though.
I think my let down bothers him because he pops on and off during the entire nursing session, and especially when the milk is letting down.
Keeping him upright after feeding doesn't help, and he seems pretty content for the most part except for right after feeding. I really wish he'd fall asleep nursing sometime because then maybe he'd sleep for more than an hour (yeah, right :LOL ).
Oh, I should mention this is my second child that I have nursed.
Anyhoo, my question is, why does he scream bloody murder for at least 5-10 minutes after eating? Sometimes burping and vomiting helps him, but sometimes it doesn't. Last night he was up crying from 10:30 pm until 1 am, but more usually he cries for about 10 minutes. I tried nursing him more, and he'd latch, but then pop off and start screaming. He wouldn't burp or spit up. He cries after almost every feeding.
We did try him on Zantac when he was about 4 weeks old for his constant screaming (and I do mean constant - 9+ hours straight), and it did help. I felt terrible giving it to him, though, and it did affect our nursing relationship. He seemed so suspicious of nursing, I think it's because the Zantac tastes so bad. I stopped giving it to him after a week and a half because he just wasn't crying as much as he had been. But he still cries after eating, though.
I think my let down bothers him because he pops on and off during the entire nursing session, and especially when the milk is letting down.
Keeping him upright after feeding doesn't help, and he seems pretty content for the most part except for right after feeding. I really wish he'd fall asleep nursing sometime because then maybe he'd sleep for more than an hour (yeah, right :LOL ).
Oh, I should mention this is my second child that I have nursed.