Difficult breastfeeding?!

6.5 month old is becoming a nightmare to breastfeed 💔 she's kicking around and flinging herself off the boob, has a couple sucks then plays with her feet?!
I don't know what's going on but I worry she's not getting full feeds at the moment. She hardly ever just relaxes and has a full feed now.
Is anyone else having wrestling breastfeeding sessions🙃

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Maybe she’s not getting enough milk, I had the same with my daughter about a month ago but I also felt my milk supply was dropping.

Mine is definitely being more tricky. I've found nursing beads helpful as it gives him something to focus on when feeding. Also taking him into a quiet room away from distractions helpful as well. I find he feeds most just before a nap or bedtime and just after he's woken as well. Anytime in-between that is a much shorter feed as he just wants to play and explore!

I second all of the above. My little girl didn’t feed for pretty much the whole day the other day because I was out and about and she was distracted by everything. She was okay, but I needed to find somewhere quiet and boring. Best way to know if they’re getting enough is regular wet nappies x

Mine does the same very distracted and my boobs are always on display 🥲 found going to a quite place helps her concentrate on feeding. Don't worry about them getting enough when they are hungry they will eat x

Sometimes singing q comfort song helps but relate to all of this.!

Same here. But I do notice when she’s properly hungry she will feed like normal. Other times she just snacks a bit, looks around, has a bit more. Normal albeit somewhat frustrating behaviour

I’m having the same and was really panicking yesterday as she hardly had any milk at all and I was worried she’d be hungry but she seemed content. I guess the solids are filling them up for longer? I just keep trying to offer sips of water to make sure she’s not dehydrated x

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