https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 12:21:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-836539 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:21:48 +0000 tororojo 836539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L goes through phases where she does that and it's SO frustrating! Truly the low point in BFing for me. For the most part, I quit feeding her when she starts popping off and screaming, and try again later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-835158 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:15:20 +0000 Bluebonnet 835158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO did that around 4 months too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-835102 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:55:03 +0000 Adira 835102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Yes!!! It's so frustrating to see all that wasted milk! And he just finds it hilarious, the little jerk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-835065 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:45:47 +0000 ladyfingers 835065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: lol yeah it's super adorable and all but it's like, dude, you've got milk all over your face. Stop wasting it! hahaha. And he just laughs at my stern face!</p> <p>@photojane: Darn tootin, little rascals! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834980 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:30:09 +0000 BlueWolverine 834980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby A is 4.5 months and doing the exact same thing. She'll pop off and turn her head to look at whatever else is going on in the room (usually nothing) and come back. Driving me crazy. At least she doesn't ususally do it during the bedtime nurse. Silver lining. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834967 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:26:19 +0000 purrpletulips 834967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers, I could have written this exact post. DS (almost 9m) has been doing this for the past month or so. I attributed it to distraction originally but since he still does it when we are in a quiet room alone I don't think that is the case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834944 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:20:38 +0000 Adira 834944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I think our babies are just enjoying aggravating us! Or maybe I should stop smiling back at him when he does it... but he's just so damn cute! I need to work on my stern face. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834935 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:16:48 +0000 photojane 834935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Sadie even does this with her bottles, so I definitely thing it's an age thing. Little rascals! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834858 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:55:21 +0000 Smurfette 834858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I have to put a burb cloth over R all the time. This morning she just keep smiling at me. I finally took her off for awhile and gave her 5 mins and tried again. Then she only ate for 5 mins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834810 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:40:08 +0000 Adira 834810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander's starting to do this too! Sooo annoying! He'll pull off the boob and just GRIN at me, and I'm all "You're super cute, but it's time to FOCUS!" Last time he did it, I ended up putting a burp cloth over his head so he couldn't look at me. That seemed to keep him focused on the boob for a while, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834676 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:41:05 +0000 ladyfingers 834676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: lol true!</p> <p>@MrsScallop: good to know she stopped! I have to always remember, particularly with infants, this too shall pass! Even with the good stuff like sttn, sadly!</p> <p>@Kemma: sort of but I've never really committed to it. Thanks for reminding me!</p> <p>@birdofafeather: good to know, the more I can hear "it's normal," the better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834596 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:50:41 +0000 birdofafeather 834596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had the same issue around the same time and I just gave up on putting her back on the boob because it was upsetting me and I realized that the timing was about the same anyway! Good luck and yea, it's totally normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834592 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:44:43 +0000 Kemma 834592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried switch nursing LO when he's fooling around? Sometimes that can help remind them to get down to business! Failing that, I used to give Miss A three chances then put the boob away for twenty minutes :-) thankfully the latch on - latch off is usually just a phase! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834584 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:35:20 +0000 MrsScallop 834584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: My LO definitely did this for a while. It was really stressing me out, but she eventually stopped and we have been doing pretty well since then. She still grabs my glasses all the time, though. I've just about decided to switch back to contacts because of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834469 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:28:37 +0000 JerricaBenton 834469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Haha, oh man! At least we can say they've got good motor skills ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834454 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:22:48 +0000 ladyfingers 834454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: oh good idea, I have a cute one saved on etsy ;)</p> <p>@JerricaBenton: he flails around and smacks me in the face! Argh! And earlier this week he took off my glasses... ??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834391 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:43:23 +0000 JerricaBenton 834391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: Yikes! Definitely not fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834387 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:42:08 +0000 junebugmama 834387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: the chewbeads I have were the perfect distractor :) I have little bruises from pinching! It's not fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834386 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:40:59 +0000 JerricaBenton 834386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: Oh yeah! I have a rubber chew bead necklace - maybe that'll work? And yeah, she pinches the side of my boobs too :( so maybe she'll grab at the necklace. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834385 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:40:24 +0000 Smurfette 834385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 12 weeks and doing this. She will pop off, get on, pop off, get one, over and over. So annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834380 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:37:32 +0000 junebugmama 834380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: @ladyfingers: You both may want to try a "nursing necklace" they keep the attention at the breast. They make them specifically for these reasons, but any beaded necklace should do the trick. Or you can buy a cute nursing one on etsy :) This has helped with the pinching that started at 8 months :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834372 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:34:02 +0000 JerricaBenton 834372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is a few weeks behind yours and she has been doing this lately. It's super aggravating but I chalk it up to being distracted. It hurts so much when she tugs away and now she's even biting (gumming obvs but it feels so sharp!) I've been giving her a soft blankie or lovey and she'll rub it on her face with her free hand and sometimes that helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834308 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:06:49 +0000 junebugmama 834308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: I totally understand. I remember thinking something had happened to my supply and stressing out about it. too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834303 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:04:53 +0000 ladyfingers 834303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: lol yep he turned 4 months last weekend. Good to know, thanks! Some part off me "knew" that, but weird breastfeeding behavior always freaks me out so I wanted to ask! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834283 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:54:53 +0000 junebugmama 834283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to ask "Is he about 4 months old?", then I saw your last sentence. It's a very common age for babies to start "playing" at the breast. They are learning cause and effect and unfortunately lots of breast fed babies start popping on and off, clamping, and turning their heads while nursing, at this age. It can be frustrating but it's perfectly normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834281 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:54:09 +0000 ladyfingers 834281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: Well, the only time I nurse him during the week are when he first wakes up, and when we get home from daycare. When we get home, it's been about 3 hours since his bottle, and he goes 3 hours between all his bottles (they feed on cue), so the timing would seem to work out. And I can't really delay that evening nursing session without pushing his bedtime too far back.</p> <p>I do also nurse him when he wakes at night, but his first waking is typically 5 or so hours after he went to bed. And then his second one is 2-3 hours after that. </p> <p>I did try feeding him after his bath rather than before earlier in the week, thinking that same thing, that maybe he would nurse longer/be more attentive if more time had passed. And all that ended up happening was he was a screaming, hungry, tired mess by the time I had bathed him and got his jammies on... and he still didn't nurse well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834256 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:42:45 +0000 sera_87 834256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kidlet does that all the time. I just end the nursing session and offer again later (usually within the hour). Maybe hes telling you that you can start lengthing the time between feedings?</p> <p>If he's truly, truly hungry and/or needing comfort, he will nurse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wtf-is-up-with-los-nursing#post-834234 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:35:39 +0000 ladyfingers 834234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is getting really aggravating. For the past couple of weeks, LO has been doing this baffling thing while nursing. The longest he'll stay latched is a couple of minutes, during which he'll be actively drinking, and then he'll pop off and try to get back on. As soon as he gets back on he pops off again. Repeat over and over and over again. </p> <p>There doesn't really seem to be any pattern as to why or when he does this. Sometimes it devolves into screaming, sometimes he just smiles and keeps doing it over and over. At first I worried my letdown was too slow for him now that he's getting bottles at daycare, or my supply was tanking, but often when he pops off, there's milk coming down my boob or getting all over his face. Which makes it even more frustrating. Sometimes it's in the evening when he hasn't napped since noon (he's a terrible napper at daycare) and other times it's first thing in the morning, so it's not even only when he's tired.</p> <p>He's still got some residual stuff from the RSV he had a few weeks ago, and sometimes he's stuffy, so I'll suck his nose out, but even once he's not stuffed up, he'll still do this. He takes his pacifier just fine, so I don't think he's teething or has an ear infection -- in other words, anything that would cause him pain while sucking. He doesn't seem distracted, because he's not pulling off to look around at stuff, unless you count me, so maybe he's distracted by me? I've also tried different positions and nothing really works to fix it.</p> <p>So basically I just shove him back on a ton of times hoping he'll get enough from a suck or two, and then I give up, not really knowing when he's had enough, because he will constantly try to get back on, but usually doesn't cry if I just stop offering altogether.</p> <p>He's 4 months, could this be part of that whole weird period? Has anybody else experienced this? It's a real bummer and it's stressing me out, not knowing if he's ever getting enough from me. </p>