Screaming & refusing breastfeeds
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Topic: Screaming & refusing breastfeeds
Posted By: Bunny
Subject: Screaming & refusing breastfeeds
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:56pm
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Hi all,
I just need a bit of a shoulder to cry on here. My gorgeous girl is 4 months old and ever since she was 11 weeks old she has screamed and arched her back at breast feeds. I have tried everything and am getting so upset about it, I have to trick her into feeding when she is half asleep and consequently she isn't gaining weight as quickly as I think she should be - she was 5.3 kilos on 13/07 and 5.86 on 16/08 - that is just over 100gms per week and I am not sure if that is enough. She also is very spilly still and I think that just about everything she is getting is coming back up. She is a really happy girl though and the spilling doesn't even worry her - she just smiles and keeps on spilling!! So given the fact that she is so happy and chatty and in general looking really good - should I be worrying?? Any suggestions or comments would be really great and if anyone else is going through this as well I would love to hear about it 
Thanks, Jo |
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 11:34pm
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Have you looked into reflux?
Crying over split milk is one website & also reflux.org.au I think is another good one. Sorry have to run, the boy has woken <sigh> ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:46am
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Sounds like my baby - it was reflux for us. It's horrible feeding them like that. Try feeding her more upright? Talk to the doctor or LLL about it too. Gotta go to work now, but have a look through the reflux threads. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:27am
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Yep sounds exactly like what my boy was like and it was reflux for us too. The cryingoverspiltmilk website is great with heaps of awesome info.
100gm a week sounds about right. Have a look at: http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/growth/weight-gain-metric.html - http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/growth/weight-gain-metric.html -------------  
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Posted By: Bunny
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:06pm
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Thanks everyone, we were told that she had reflux early on and then we saw a lactation consultant who said that she was convinced she didn't have reflux, she was just hungry and a spilly baby.
I have just had the karitane nurse from plunket ring and talk to me like I was a naughty school kid (I'm 40 and have been a parent for 22 years!!) she said I have absolutely nothing to worry about, and she is going to come and watch bubs feeding next week - likely chance that will be - bubs only feeds from me at night (daddy joked is she going to visit us in the middle of the night!), Oh well I guess I will just have to keep going with expressing milk and bottle feeding it to her along with a bit of baby rice which seems to help her keep things down a bit better. I will check out the crying over spilt milk website and see if I can get any ideas from that. We have done the whole losec/gaviscon/ruhgar thing and it didn't really help her which makes me think that it's not reflux, but maybe it is just a different type or something. Thanks again, Jo x
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:37pm
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If the usual reflux meds didn't help, maybe look into EE. http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/96/16902/acid-reflux/ - linky ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:12pm
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Have you looked into taking her to a good osteopath? Cranio-sacral osteopathy is a great alternative therapy for fixing underlying / hidden 'problems' - and there are plenty of practitioners out there that have experience with babies. I'm not saying it will fix things, but at least it would mean you could rule out that anything was out of alignment with her bones / muscles etc. ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 1:20pm
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I second the osteopath! My DD had reflux and we took her to one and he helped her so much, also fixed her wind issues as well. Its amazing what they can do by just placing their fingertips around babys head and gently pressing. He also aligned her back and did something with her neck(she loved this and would go all sleepy).
She still had to go on losec though as she would arch her back and cry in pain all the time. |