Hi Cee,
Lots and lots and lots of skin-to-skin contact; bathing together; sleeping
together; hand or pump expressing to stimulate let-down before putting baby
to breast (assuming baby is looking for the immediate satisfaction of milk
like w/bottle. Factor in growth spurt at around 3 months); taking pressure
off the daytime feedings and just enjoying the skin-to-skin contact; if
mom's feeding the bottle then do so in a nursing position (skin-to-skin);
SNS; responding immediately to any cue that baby wants food/comfort before
baby becomes agitated; nursing in a quiet/calm environment (w/out
distractions); nursing in different positions and different environments;
nursing while walking around.
Sincerely,
Dianne Oliver, IBCLC
Simi Valley, CA
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 06:50:10 -0800
>From: Cee Miller <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Baby refusing breast
>
>I have permission to post, and I have responded with the best suggestions
>I had... but I thought I'd run this by the experts to see if anyone
>had anything I hadn't thought of! :) Thanks in
>advance! Cee ---------- Forwarded message ---------- I am a
>breastfeeding mum from Malaysia, where there is not much breastfeeding
>support I can get. I have 2 boys, I breastfed the first one up to 2
>years with exclusive pumping and never breastfeed directly. I was too
>unsure how to breastfeed directly and got pressures from family to just
>feed him bottle then. So with the second one, who is now 3.5 months, I
>am determined that I should breastfeed him directly. During the first 2
>months, I went through all sorts of problems with bleeding nipples,
>sore breast, suspected yeast infection and recurring blocked ducts.
>Then things get better in the 3rd month but I have to send him to the
>sitter during the day. So he started bottle feeding for at 4 feedings during
> the day. Then when he turned 3 months, he suddenly refused to feed on
> my breast. He will screamed and cried and arched away from me, which
> make me feed so sad. I didn't want the nursing relationship to last that
> short. Now I really need help and advise on how to get him back on
> my breast. I tried the methods listed on your website. The feeding
> when he is sleepy is quite fine, but once he is more alert after a few
> minutes of sucking, he will start the rejection again. And between the
> 2 breasts, he rejected the right one more. Not sure because the
> milkflow is faster on the right or what. This rejection started since
> 23/12/05 and until now 3/1/06 he is still not willing to get back to my
> breast when awake. I am really worried that he is going to go off my
> breast forever. All the websites say that babies should get back within
> days but this is not the case for me. Sometimes I can see that he
> wants to suck desperately but when I offer him the breast, he will
> start crying. He would rather suck his own fingers !! I
> sincerely hope that with your help from your experiences with
> other mums, I will be able to breastfeed him smoothly again. Is
> there any similar cases where the babies reject the breast
> for more that 2 weeks and manage to get back to the breast successfully ?
>
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