https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1090126 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:36:56 +0000 Adira 1090126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Oh yeah, diagonal helped with Xander too - just having his head a little elevated from his body while eating. Not sure the reason for that, but it was helpful. And I know! It can be so frustrating figuring out exactly what WE can eat that doesn't bother our babies so that they don't freak out while feeding them! But it DOES get better. I can now have spicy foods and Xander's not affected (or he knows how to handle his gas on his own, haha). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089878 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:19:13 +0000 Foodnerd81 1089878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: ugh. Awesome- so nothing tasty, cheesy, and no coffee. Gah. This would be easier to process if she would just go to sleep and let me shower then nap! Eating now it hour crying but I have her sort of diagonal, like her head is on the Brest friend but the body is sloped off of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089758 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:39:44 +0000 Adira 1089758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I couldn't even have anything that was MILDLY spicy. Like green peppers or Taco Bell, haha. It was depressing. :( I wouldn't notice any spice, but then Xander would complain, so I knew what I ate was too spicy for him.</p> <p>Also, it could still be reflux in the form of heartburn. She might not be spitting up, but that could explain why sitting her up helps for a minute. I would try eliminating anything that could be even remotely spicy and see if that helps. It definitely helped me with Xander! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089618 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:57:25 +0000 Revel 1089618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Long response coming, even though I don't have any good solid advice for you on this. Our babies sound similar in that mine is generally good natured and just had some of this nursing fussiness, gas, and poor night sleep. I mulled over reflux and intolerances for weeks and couldn't quite pinpoint it or decide what to do.</p> <p>The coffee was suggested by our pedi - in her opinion it makes babies fussy. I don't see her as a BF expert, but my SO kind of latched on to this coffee idea so I gave it a try, and also cut dairy for the gassiness, and both did seem to correlate with better temperament from her. </p> <p>I have suspicions that the change in her behavior was just developmental and not related to the coffee, but I haven't worked up the courage to try it again because her night sleep is decent now. I may soon. I have had some dairy here and there and I do think it maybe makes her a little gassy, but doesn't seem to relate to the nursing fussiness.</p> <p>The pedi said to test an intolerance you can cut it completely for at least a few days or a week, and then have a lot of it one day and see how LO does. I've also heard that dairy can take a while to get out of your system, so I'm not totally clear on that. Not sure when things get to your milk but I would love some good information on that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089547 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:41:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 1089547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: It seems like she could be gassy, even though I burp her and she'll start it up again after a big burp. I did have a couple of sort of spicy things this weekend, but nothing crazy spicy. She is cross cradle. She's better if I hold her head in one hand (like, left hand if she's nursing on the left side) and gently pat her back while nursing with the other hand. She rarely spits up though, so could it be reflux? She'll be less crabby for a few minutes when I sit her up, but then she cries because she is hungry. </p> <p>@Revel: I do drink coffee every morning and have a fair amount of dairy-- though not a ton because I'm slightly lactose intolerant myself. </p> <p>She's otherwise happy though, which is what is throwing me. Like, after she finally got enough to eat, we sat and played and talked and she was totally happy. </p> <p>How quickly does something I eat or drink get into my milk? I had enchiladas last night and fed her immediately after finishing-- she wasn't getting them yet, right? Same for coffee-- I'll frequently sip on coffee as I'm nursing her-- does it get to my milk as soon as I start feeling it waking me up? I really don't want to give up coffee, but I guess I would if it's hurting her... :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089211 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:46:07 +0000 Revel 1089211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my LO started doing this around that age, it made me crazy. Often she needed to burp, but she would do the same kind of thing you mention, drinking a little and then fussing again once I put her back on to nurse.</p> <p>I ended up cutting dairy and coffee because of this fussy eating and for some other reasons. I actually now think it may have been the coffee, but I still stay away from dairy most of the time. I'm debating trial introducing coffee again because I miss it so much.</p> <p>I also think my LO may have simply outgrown this behavior - she is 15 weeks now. If she gets like this now, I just take her off and try again in a little bit, but that is easier with her at this age than it was in the newborn days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089164 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:01:39 +0000 Adira 1089164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it possible she's gassy? I feel like Xander was like this whenever I ate spicy foods and he got gassy. Also, what position are you nursing? Is she laying down nursing (cradle hold, cross-cradle, side-lay)? Once you prop her up, does she seem less cranky? It could be reflux if that's the case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089155 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 06:54:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 1089155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: ugh every hour? I'm sorry! That's brutal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089069 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:34:37 +0000 Pepper 1089069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wish I had a solution for you, but C has acted like this at times, too. I've found that doing something that he likes (walking him around facing out, bouncing him) will almost "reset" him enough that he'll calm down and eat. It's so frustrating though!!</p> <p>Tonight he has been waking up every.single.hour. wanting to eat. I'm exhausted!! I feel your pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1089022 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 01:13:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 1089022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. She is even doing it during her middle of the night feed. I changed her diaper just in case it was dirty (just wet) and it didn't seem to help. Already had two big burps. I hate it bc she sounds so upset plus I'm f-ing tired and want her to fill up and go to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crying-while-nursing#post-1088660 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:51:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 1088660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the last couple of days, when C (almost 7 weeks) is nursing, after maybe 10 minutes or so on a side she starts crying this high pitched sort of frantic cry and pulls off the breast, all pissed. I burp her (usually do get a big one) then she'll eat again but not for long. I'll switch sides, she eats like she is starving, then pulls the same thing and won't settle. I burp again but nothing seems to settle her, but she still seems hungry and remains cranky until I feed her again in a little while. </p> <p>I don't know what's up! It's not usual for her. She's usually a slow, long nurser, but I know she is getting faster as she gets older. But why won't she finish, and why the high pitched freak out? It's also not every time, but maybe half of times she nurses. She's otherwise fine, happy, sleeping well, so I can't imagine it's a food intolerance. Maybe she is getting pissed that the flow is slowing down but this is new in the last few days. Help? </p>