https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 12:08:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1547439 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:17:14 +0000 Maysprout 1547439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe he has to toot. My LO had trouble farting in the first couple months and she'd act really similar to what you're describing. I'd take her diaper off and bicycle her legs or wipe her bum and that usually helped get a toot and poo out and then she'd calm down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1547208 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:46:12 +0000 Bookish 1547208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: Ah yes, the lovely cluster feeding days. Right around 5-6 weeks it was about a 2 hr ordeal to feed her at night. It sucked, honestly. It actually made me want to quit BF-ing at that point. However, she started STTN at 6 weeks, and I definitely think her tanking up at the cluster feeds had something to do with it. </p> <p>Hang in there! Get some netflix queued up! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1547163 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:11:46 +0000 MrsBeluga 1547163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently work afternoons at my office, when I get home, all my 10 week old wants to do is nurse, nurse, nurse....for nearly two hours straight. So you are not alone :heart: . </p> <p>Hang in there!! And just get cozy in bed... Makes the time go by much easier too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1547006 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:33:12 +0000 MoonMoon 1547006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: exactly! I totally didn't mean my post in a ”you'll see” way, more that every phase has its pros and cons. You guys will be fine &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1546967 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:09:19 +0000 artsyfartsy 1546967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: I get what you mean! It's annoying and stressful at times but it's a total legit excuse to get comfy in bed with lots of pillows, Netflix, and have my husband bring me food! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1546869 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:19:42 +0000 MoonMoon 1546869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to sound annoying to you, but I kind of miss the cluster feeding days, when I could nurse the baby, watch TV, and eat snacks. Now, he nurses for 5 minutes and pops off, and it's back to chasing him around! They're lucky they're so stinking cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1546839 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:05:32 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1546839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal at this age. Liam would nurse alllllll evening when he was a newborn. I remember balancing a plate on the nursing pillow so I could shovel my dinner in with one hand while he nursed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me/page/2#post-1546812 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:53:23 +0000 artsyfartsy 1546812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Ha!!</p> <p>@danda: I do enjoy the extra sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1546803 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:47:58 +0000 danda 1546803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I viewed my daughter's cluster feeding as what enabled her to sleep through the night (the good sleep just all of a sudden started happening at 11 weeks). When she eventually stopped sleeping through the night two months later, I was trying so hard to encourage cluster feed-like behavior in the hopes that she would sleep through the night again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1546766 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:33:50 +0000 Adira 1546766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely sounds like clusterfeeding!! Sooooo common in the evening! Totally normal, though it can suck! Literally, hahaha &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1546751 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:26:00 +0000 Springtime 1546751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: I could have written this exact post. DD is 6.5 weeks and has been doing this EVERY evening for about 2 weeks now. It is exhausting. She will nurse and then get fussy, pull off the boob, and then want more over and over again. It's just an ongoing cycle of nursing, crying, burping, diaper changing, spitting up, clothes changing over and over again. its an ongoing process for about 3 hours at night, she will finally pass out at 11 pm. I dread nights. This kind of helped me understand it, and that it is normal!</p> <p><a href="http://kellymom.com/parenting/parenting-faq/fussy-evening/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/parenting/parenting-faq/fussy-evening/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1544147 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:23:58 +0000 artsyfartsy 1544147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: He does! About 6 hours for his first stretch! Silver lining. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1544142 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:22:32 +0000 heartonastring 1544142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Evening cluster feeding is very, very normal. It threw me for a loop at first too, but once I realized it was going to happen every night I just got myself set up with a bottle of water, some snacks and Netflix and just got comfy. It also helps to think that if you can get a lot of milk into them they might give you a good first stretch of sleep :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1544129 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:18:46 +0000 mrskc 1544129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: sounds like cluster feeding if it's just in the evening. I'm not sure how long it can last weeks to months I think. It's pretty common for newborns to want to nurse a lot in the evenings. And my son went thru a growth spurt at 3 weeks that lasted almost 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1544122 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:14:10 +0000 artsyfartsy 1544122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: this is still happening EVERY evening 8 days later. If it was a growth spurt wouldn't it have stopped by now? And it's only in the evenings. Luckily he stops by bedtime and does regular quick feedings during the night but nursing continuously for hours is killer!!!</p> <p>Save me. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1525475 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:48:12 +0000 Pumuckl 1525475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: Yeah, glad to hear and a 6 hour stretch that's great. My LO did the pulling off and popping on and still wanting to nurse when his teeth came in (it was another good 1.5-2m until they broke through at 4.5m). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1525401 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:25:34 +0000 avivoca 1525401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: When they give you a break, it's so very nice. I'm jealous of your six hour stretch. My girl woke up at 11:45 wanting to eat and I had just gone to bed an hour before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1525391 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:21:43 +0000 artsyfartsy 1525391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seems like his nursing sessions went back to normal during the night. He did a 6 hour stretch of sleep after all that nursing though! That made it not so bad. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524352 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:19:46 +0000 Silva 1524352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: hang in there. He will get more and more efficient and it will all even out. Since nine months she's nursed for two minutes at a time. I totally remember freaking out at the 6 week growth spurt too- convinced I didn't have enough milk. Hellobee and kellymom reassured me. You are doing all the right things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524351 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:19:13 +0000 Smurfette 1524351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: the 6 week growth spurt was the worst!! Hang in there Mama! Just get comfy and use to your boobs being out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524344 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:16:05 +0000 mrskc 1524344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a cutie! Sounds like a growth spurt! Keep offering him the boob; he's helping to signal your body to make more milk. I remember when DS went through a growth spurt that young and it lasted like 7-10 days and he was wanting to nurse ALL day! Like he would finish and want to nurse 20-30 min later. It was exhausting but we got past it. You're doing a great job! Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524336 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:13:00 +0000 artsyfartsy 1524336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Lol I've managed it twice. But with nipple shields it's hard. Where he's pulling off a lot I don't think it would do much good. And nope! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524334 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:12:05 +0000 Woolly Mammoth 1524334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO went through a long period of fussing while nursing. What worked for me was white noise. It's like it snapped him out of a fussing loop and made him realize that the breast was right there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524333 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:11:40 +0000 Silva 1524333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: do you know how to nurse side lying? Saved me. Also, have you seen all of Friday night lights? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524325 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:09:34 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1524325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: At least he is flipping cute!! Look at that face! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524319 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:07:07 +0000 artsyfartsy 1524319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mom!! More boob! Now!! </p> [attach=3847/14/n32lrw.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524315 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:06:03 +0000 artsyfartsy 1524315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I know!!</p> <p>No such luck. Daddy put his jammies on and woke him up. I've made myself comfy in bed and prepared to do this for a while. I feel a little more relaxed now thanks to you all reassuring me!!</p> <p>I'm just glad the initial nipple pain/soreness has gone away!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524305 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:59:49 +0000 Silva 1524305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524297 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:56:16 +0000 avivoca 1524297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: It sounds like a growth spurt, like the others said. It can be frustrating, but just keep offering. </p> <p>(Also, I can't believe he is five weeks old already!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-emergency-help-me#post-1524292 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:54:50 +0000 artsyfartsy 1524292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Haha yeah!!! He smacks the crap out of me. </p> <p>@redsmarties: he's fallen asleep finally. Gonna attempt to put him in jammies and swaddle him for bed. Fingers crossed. </p>