Breast rejection
My baby is a nightmare at feeding at the moment. Particularly the before bed feeds. Feeds are becoming shorter and shorter with a lot of squirming and crying and refusing to latch.
Is this breast rejection? Has anyone had this and if so, how long did it last and how did you get it to end?
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Hi lovely, it’s so tough and you have my sympathy. I had this around 12 weeks and the rough patch was about a week, but we had difficulty on the left boob for a while which he just got over one day.
It’s likely a phase. Are they teething? Sometimes when they’re teething it can hurt their ears so it can make them uncomfortable depending on the position they’re feeding in. More upright positions can help.
Are sleepy/night feeds still okay?
Lucy Webber is a really great resource in Instagram and her posts about breast refusals helped. I also went to a local breastfeeding group which had peer supporters and the little monkey latched immediately there after I had cried 😂xx
oh my god my baby hates the left boob too! It’s just getting worse with it. Yeah I think they might be teething. I also left them on Saturday for the first time ever to go to a wedding so I’m not sure if that’s had an impact? Sleepy feeds are a lot better, it’s mainly the before bed feed that is terrible!
Koala hold can be really good to keep pressure off the ears. I would also dupe my baby onto the left boob in rugby hold so he was lying the same way as he would on the right boob.
It’s likely just a phase and I know it’s so emotionally complex too, as you feel rejected, but the peer support at the breastfeeding group said to me repeatedly “I promise, he’s the problem not you,” which I did find reassuring!
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