In a message dated 7/19/01 4:26:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Hello all! Just a brief question that I am baffled by!  A 25 month old
> nursling is b/f on demand ( approx. 4-5 times daily ).  Very healthy mum.
> No problems b/f thus far.  Suddenly the child has begun saying "It's yuck."
> after 2 minutes nursing on one side then switches to the other.  Once on the
> other side, the child nurses a regular 5 mins or so.  What could cause this?
>
>
> My third child did this. He would start to nurse, sit up sputtering and
> spewing and say yuck and flip over to the other side. He also started
> telling me that I had "apple duice and grape duice" (he couldn't pronounce
> the j in juice) and the apple was often the yucky side. Apple was left
> side, grape was right.
> I never could tell a difference myself (yes I did taste) but to this day,
> he is 12 yrs old and weaned at age 3, he can tell you about the flavors of
> my milk.

It didn't seem to be a problem except my right breast developed into a size
bigger then the left.

Barbara Whitehead, IBCLC

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