Re: breastfeeding help after shots

[Guest guest]

I wouldn't rule out shots but a few other ideas

-ear infection- sucking is bothering his ears

-teething- yes its possible at 12 weeks, gums could hurt

- fenugreek makes some people gassy and the runs, I couldn't take it while

nursing as it bothered both me and my son, tell her to try Red Raspberry

Leaf, lots of water, oatmeal and maybe rent/borrow a pump to stimulate

supply or hand express to keep supply up, and contact her local La Leche

League

-maybe remove gluten from her diet too?

If she does think its shots, she can buy a detox, a company called Nature's

Sunshine makes a good one, but she might be able to find one locally.

[Guest guest]

Wow, sounds suspicious . . .

Barb

[ ] breastfeeding help after shots

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> A friend of mine wrote this to me. I don't want to blame it on the

> shots and freak her out before I got some other opinions first. This

> is what she wrote...

>

> My son is 12 weeks old and when I breastfeed him he unlatches after

> 4-5 minutes and doesn't really want to eat anymore. He does this on

> both breasts. Sometimes he arches his back and crys but sometimes he

> just looks satisfied. I try to be presistent and make him feed for at

> least 10 more minutes because most people have told me to have the

> baby feed at least 20 minutes in order to keep your milk supply

> going. He eats about every 2 1/2 hours, except overnight...he'll go

> for 4-5 hours stretches then. The thing is.. when he was 6-7 weeks

> old, he was feeding better than he is now. He was eating every 3-4

> hours, and going for 6-7 hours at night. And he was gaining weight

> and looked satisfied. But since then, he gotten more and more

> difficult to feed. I thought it may be gas and reflux...but I thought

> these things were supposed to get better as he got older, not worse.

> I have also thought it was allergies, so I removed, dairy, caffeine,

> soy, fish and nuts from my diet for the last 3 weeks

>> I am taking fenugreeek, which is an herb that is supposed to

> enhance your milk supply. I thought that he might have a foremilk

> imbalance, but his stools are fine...when he has them, which is only

> every 7-9 days.

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>> I was supplementing with formula until he was about 5 weeks old,

> and then my milk seemed to come in and he was satisfied with just

> breastmilk after that. Actually...he seemed satisfied when he was 6-8

> weeks old and then about the 9th week, he started to be fussy while

> feeding and it's been a bit difficult since then. Also, around his

> 9th week, he got his first round of shots and seemed really fussy in

> general since then.

>>

>> I guess I just don't know what to do. He is not gaining weight very

> well, although the pediatrician has not told me to supplement with

> formula. He is in the 15 percentile for weight. I just worry that he

> is not getting enough. I feel like he must be allergic to something

> in my diet to make him so gassy and to make him so fussy when he

> eats, but I can't figure out what it is. I was just wondering if

> anyone else has experienced this and if you have any suggestions

> about what to do.

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[Guest guest]

1. No more shots, no matter what.

2. Try some probiotics on her nipples before he nurses and see if that

helps the gas, etc.

3. she can take vitamin C 250-500 mg 3-4 times a day, and magnesium

100-200 mg 3-4 times a day and it will be good for both of them.

Andy . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .

>

> A friend of mine wrote this to me. I don't want to blame it on the

> shots and freak her out before I got some other opinions first. This

> is what she wrote...

>

> My son is 12 weeks old and when I breastfeed him he unlatches after

> 4-5 minutes and doesn't really want to eat anymore. He does this on

> both breasts. Sometimes he arches his back and crys but sometimes he

> just looks satisfied. I try to be presistent and make him feed for at

> least 10 more minutes because most people have told me to have the

> baby feed at least 20 minutes in order to keep your milk supply

> going. He eats about every 2 1/2 hours, except overnight...he'll go

> for 4-5 hours stretches then. The thing is.. when he was 6-7 weeks

> old, he was feeding better than he is now. He was eating every 3-4

> hours, and going for 6-7 hours at night. And he was gaining weight

> and looked satisfied. But since then, he gotten more and more

> difficult to feed. I thought it may be gas and reflux...but I thought

> these things were supposed to get better as he got older, not worse.

> I have also thought it was allergies, so I removed, dairy, caffeine,

> soy, fish and nuts from my diet for the last 3 weeks

> > I am taking fenugreeek, which is an herb that is supposed to

> enhance your milk supply. I thought that he might have a foremilk

> imbalance, but his stools are fine...when he has them, which is only

> every 7-9 days.

> >

> > I was supplementing with formula until he was about 5 weeks old,

> and then my milk seemed to come in and he was satisfied with just

> breastmilk after that. Actually...he seemed satisfied when he was 6-8

> weeks old and then about the 9th week, he started to be fussy while

> feeding and it's been a bit difficult since then. Also, around his

> 9th week, he got his first round of shots and seemed really fussy in

> general since then.

> >

> > I guess I just don't know what to do. He is not gaining weight very

> well, although the pediatrician has not told me to supplement with

> formula. He is in the 15 percentile for weight. I just worry that he

> is not getting enough. I feel like he must be allergic to something

> in my diet to make him so gassy and to make him so fussy when he

> eats, but I can't figure out what it is. I was just wondering if

> anyone else has experienced this and if you have any suggestions

> about what to do.

[Guest guest]

It is also possible that the baby is lactose intolerant. My youngest was

lactose intolerant. He was a big baby with a huge appetite. He became jaundiced

from my milk when he was about 8 or 9 days old and, at 10 days old, he quit

nursing completely for a couple of days. After that, he took a bottle and only

breastfed a few minutes a day (for the immune benefits) until he was 6 weeks

old. He would get diarhea every few weeks and I would put him on soy formula,

which is really what he should have been on full time. I took him to a doctor

for his severe diarhea when he was only about 4 months old and the doctor really

wasn't helpful. So lactose intolerance is something that a doctor may overlook.

It isn't a big problem after the child is old enough to eat solid food but can

be a very serious problem in a baby that is still primarily dependent upon milk.

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