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Am I just neurotic....

Traci - posted on 08/26/2009 ( 5 moms have responded )

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Most of the time my little girl eats a lot, and often (sometimes feeding up to 40 minutes.) The past 24 hrs (give or take) she has been eating little sips, 5-10 minutes every 3-4 hrs, and then sacking out... hard. She's still having good BM's, only one had some green flecks (we had an explosive spit-up/puke day)...

when do you start to worry? is it me? will my milk still be enough to nourish her?

I get so concerned about these things... and never in my life did I think I'd be happy to inspect poop.

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Maegan - posted on 09/09/2009

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She is probably growing. My son changes up he eating routine and starts sleeping all the time every couple weeks and I can only assume it is for a growth spurt.

Laura - posted on 09/09/2009

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I can't exactly remember (since my daughter is three and a half and stopped nursing at 15 months) but when I would letdown the milk would flow so freely it would be coming too fast for her. Sometimes she would come off to look at me and get squirted in the eye! It would help me at first when she was still learning to pump a little off my breasts so they weren't so full when she latched on. You can dump the milk you pump or save it for when you need to get away or want to let Daddy have a go at feeding her. It freezes well.

Minnie - posted on 08/26/2009

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What you are doing is exactly block feeding (and what I described). It can indeed take a bit for it to regulate your supply.

Breast compression is exactly how it sounds. Squeeze your breast for a bit so that the flow of milk is increased. Stop the pressure to let the sinuses fill up again.

Sounds like you have forceful letdown as well. When you get a letdown, you can unlatch her, let the milk flow into a towel, and then latch her on again when the flow slows. Try nursing in different positions as well, like side-lying, or her on top of your chest facing downwards, or try sitting her up as much as possible in a cradle position.

She'll be able to handle your let down a lot better as she grows and gets bigger and stronger, and as your supply regulates.

Traci - posted on 08/26/2009

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What is block feeding? And breast compression, is that simply massaging the breast as you feed?



I've been feeding off one breast for a good number of feedings, since I'm having some overproduction issues. It seems like I can get a good 3-5 feedings off each side, and I'm not sure if I'm creating MORE of a issue with overproduction, or not. Argh, it's frustrating! Sometimes it's so much work for her to get past the spray and heavy flow that she almost seems to wear herself out too fast, if that makes any sense.

Minnie - posted on 08/26/2009

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Put your baby to your breast whenever she wants it, no matter when she last nursed and you will make sufficient milk for her.



Make sure to nurse on one breast until you can no longer express milk easily by squeezing the aereola (even if this takes multiple feedings). Then you would switch to the other breast.



If the vomiting was due to an oversupply of foremilk, then the block feeding will help that.



Breast compression to keep her sucking effectively helps to empty the breast and get her the fatty hindmilk.

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