https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:28:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-598747 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:13:02 +0000 sera_87 598747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, around 3-4 months. I offer a few more times but if he keeps unlatching then I just end the session. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-598745 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:11:44 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 598745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-598734 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:04:00 +0000 woodentulip 598734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first was a very dedicated nurser. My second, though, is definitely not. She just wants to watch everything that her sister does! Or watch dust floating in the sky. Or whatever....just not nurse :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-598652 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:19:17 +0000 irene 598652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4 months, and nope it never got better. It got worse and to a point he was completely uninterested in sucking on my breast by 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-597546 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:09:26 +0000 MsLipGloss 597546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Sometimes she pops off because she wants to see what's going on around her . . . and other times she pops off to blow bubbles/ make raspberry noises and then pops back on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-597536 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:07:02 +0000 Kemma 597536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A contracted the distracted nursing bug at around fifteen weeks which unfortunately coincided with the onset of teething and a partial nursing strike! I can nurse in public if she's reeally hungry but otherwise we either sit upstairs in the nursery or we lie down on the bed.</p> <p>Yesterday we went to our fortnightly coffee group and I had to nurse LO lying down on their deck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-596201 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:59:23 +0000 autumn865 596201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely us here too since about 4 months. I turn off my phone and we nurse in her quiet room with no talking or TV. DH really can't be in the room at all since movement makes her pop off and look. Even with all of this she is distracted by just me being here ( my glasses, nose, mouth, hair, shirt etc. lol) her arm is constantly moving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-596187 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:31:07 +0000 sunny 596187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg yes!! My LO is 6 months as well and won't pay attention! Anything and everything makes her stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-596152 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:44:28 +0000 Freckles 596152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine also started at around 4 months. I would get so mad every time DH started talking to me because LO would pop off the boob (with milk spraying everywhere) and it would take her forever to go back on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-596123 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:09:39 +0000 sarac 596123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 or 4 months. It never got any better. She still pops off all the time to chat about something she sees, something the dog is doing, whatever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595612 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:47:11 +0000 autumnlove 595612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 months for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595560 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:25:06 +0000 Bao 595560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looks like it started much earlier for others! I'm glad my LO isn't the only one though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595478 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:58:22 +0000 SleepyMonkey 595478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, around 3 months she became very distracted. I have to nurse in the corner of her nursery with a blanket over her head and stay very quiet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595441 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:50:03 +0000 creativemomma15 595441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! DS is very distractable! It probably started around 7 months but got really bad around 8 or 9 and sadly he can still be this way. DH and I can barely have a conversation when I am nursing. Sometimes I give him something to hold to keep him occupied . (DS is almost 1!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595430 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:48:37 +0000 lovehoneybee 595430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, starting around 4.5 months? The only time I can keep him focused is late at night when it's completely dark in the room. Even when I bring him to bed with me to nurse in the morning DH's nose/beard/sleeping bag/whatever is more interesting (much to DH's sleepy chagrin :) We do lots of shorter nursing sessions during the day now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595424 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:46:49 +0000 MamaMoose 595424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is only 3 months but she gets distracted if I try to nurse with a cover. She bats at the cover. That was fun on the plane today : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595422 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:46:40 +0000 hilsy85 595422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Started around 13/14 wks...I can't talk to anyone or watch tv while he nurses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595418 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:45:23 +0000 googly-eyes 595418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is bottle fed but does the same thing. It's been going on since about 4 months or even earlier, and we are at 5.5 months now and it's still pretty bad. Sometimes in the evenings before bed I feed her on a rocking chair which seems to get her to focus on feeding. The tv, talking in the room, etc all distract her. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-become-a-distracted-nurser#post-595413 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:43:17 +0000 Bao 595413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is just about 6 months old and she has become very distracted while nursing. If someone talks, there is music playing or she catches a glimpse of the TV she has to pull away to check it out. Was/is your LO a distracted nurser? When did it start and did it ever get better? </p>