So I EFB (exclusively breast feed) my kids until they're at least 6 months old. Having successfully fed and weaned my daughter. I thought I knew most of the ends and outs of breast feeding. However a fussy baby will always make you question everything you know, including your sanity.
My 7 week old son has been ultra fussy about nursing almost since the day he was born, or more aptly put, since my milk came in. He has been fighting at the breast, coughing, choking, gagging, and having an abundance of gas as well as difficulty in pooping. Sometimes it seemed as if he hated nursing! I started checking through my diet, eliminating any and everything I could think of to fix this problem.
Out of concern for my baby and a need for sleep for my family I googled gulping air while nursing. From there it sent me to Kellymom One of my favorite websites. (I also have it linked on the side of this blog). There it had a sort of check list for mom's that produce too much milk!
I always thought that I had a ton, but I assumed it had to be a basically "normal" amount. My idea of a normal amount was being able to pump 10 ounces in 8 minutes or so. When I nursed my daughter she frequently "choked" on the amount of milk pouring in I thought that was just part of nursing. Now I know that a lot of women struggle with feeling that they don't have enough. Although I feel terrible for them that is an entirely differnet issue, so I won't be addressing that at this time. Kellymom directed me a link and here's the article with the check list that I read. Thank you Kellymom and LLLI (La Leche League International)
http://www.llli.org/NB/LVSepOct95p69NB.html
So now that I think I know what the real problem is. I'll be trying some of the suggestions I read on Kellymom to fix this problem.
Have a blessed day.
My 7 week old son has been ultra fussy about nursing almost since the day he was born, or more aptly put, since my milk came in. He has been fighting at the breast, coughing, choking, gagging, and having an abundance of gas as well as difficulty in pooping. Sometimes it seemed as if he hated nursing! I started checking through my diet, eliminating any and everything I could think of to fix this problem.
Out of concern for my baby and a need for sleep for my family I googled gulping air while nursing. From there it sent me to Kellymom One of my favorite websites. (I also have it linked on the side of this blog). There it had a sort of check list for mom's that produce too much milk!
I always thought that I had a ton, but I assumed it had to be a basically "normal" amount. My idea of a normal amount was being able to pump 10 ounces in 8 minutes or so. When I nursed my daughter she frequently "choked" on the amount of milk pouring in I thought that was just part of nursing. Now I know that a lot of women struggle with feeling that they don't have enough. Although I feel terrible for them that is an entirely differnet issue, so I won't be addressing that at this time. Kellymom directed me a link and here's the article with the check list that I read. Thank you Kellymom and LLLI (La Leche League International)
http://www.llli.org/NB/LVSepOct95p69NB.html
So now that I think I know what the real problem is. I'll be trying some of the suggestions I read on Kellymom to fix this problem.
Have a blessed day.
