The only time my baby doesn’t cry is when she’s on the breast??

She’s 9 week old and EBF & the only time she doesn’t cry is when she’s on the breast. Even then she occasionally cries when she’s on the right boob. We get maybe 15 minutes here or there, but in general it’s boob or cry.

I want to stop BF as I’m finding it so intense but I’m terrified to stop because that’s the only time she’s not screaming at us.

Anyone else gone through this/stopped bf? How do I do it?

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This is completely normal for the newborn stage 🫶🏼
Does she also cry while being held by you? Babywearing may help if she’s happy to just be on you without being latched sometimes.
It’s suchhh a hard stage but it shouldn’t last much longer!
My daughter used to like being held or in a carrier while I gently bounced on a yoga ball, I could get her to sleep and unlatch that way without her panicking as soon as she was off the boob

Yep my boy was the same we couldn’t sit down with him he was fine if we were upright- I think it was because I was constantly moving whilst pregnant with work and renovating the house until the week he was born… have you ruled out colic- is he bringing up his wind and pooping ok?

Look into a Craniosacral therapist. It sounds like your baby has a lot of discomfort that could be relieve with some Craniosacral therapy.

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