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we had quite a bit of trouble BF'ing the first few months and so I had to use cross cradle more than I should have -- ended up with crazy back/shoulder/wrist/forearm pain for a while! i should have switched to cradle hold earlier than i did!!

We had a kick @$$ nurse come see us the morning I was being discharged and she showed me football, I haven't looked back since!!! I loved that I could nurse her one handed (once her head got bigger... she was dwarfed by my boob for a long time!) and it just felt mor natural for me. At around 4 months we mastered side lying and that became a saviour during her sleep regressions, and in the early morning when DH was getting ready for work but she and I could still snuggle

Side lying!

so far i only use cross cradle, i have tried side lying a few times and i find it difficult to get comfortable. i want to go back to trying side lying though. i just googled laid back and am thinking i should try this too.

We do either cradle or laid back during the day, depending on which breast she is eating from. One side lets down really quickly and laid back lets her control it a bit better by nursing "up hill". At night we almost exclusively use side-lying. Its so much easier the sitting up, especially when I was healing from my c-section.

So far we alternate between cc and football. I like football for when he's fussy because I can direct his latch better and his hands aren't in the way as much. But it can take me awhile to get it set up where he's propped up enough for me, so we do cc the rest of the time. I have large breasts and had latching problems early on so laid back and cradle don't work well. I'd love to try side lying though I'm afraid I'd fall asleep!

I like side-lying and cradle a lot.

We pretty much always used cradle or cross-cradle, with the occasional football thrown in there. I was never super comfortable in the side-lying and the laid back just never worked for LO.

@autumn865: sorry to reply to an older post, but we're going through a phase like this as well...cross cradle for right she'll stay on for 8-13minutes, but only 3-4 on the left. If I do football for the left, she stays on for 15 or so. When did your LO start this, and when did it stop? I wonder if she just likes laying that way and not the other...sometimes I wish she could talk so she could tell me what's going on!!

In the first 3 months, only cross cradle would work. Now I can do cradle which is nice. We also do side lying, but sometimes it just feels awkward because her bottom arm is underneath me . . . and because I have to climb over her to give her the opposite boob.

@tinyperson: Maybe she's full? Do you always start on the same side?