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Solution for only nursing on one side

Chelsea - posted on 03/05/2009 ( 5 moms have responded )

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My daughter favored the right side from birth but at 2 months old she outright refused to nurse on that side. She would not get into position and when even held on that side would scream and scream. I took her to her pediatrician to make sure she did not have an ear infection and was not in pain. The exam turned up nothing so I contacted my Lactation Consultant. She suggested many things and said that she may have been startled while nursing on that side one day or that she may be going through a partial nursing strike. Her suggestions were:

Nurse in the bath
Nursing lying down
Nurse in the football hold
Place her naked on by bare chest with her mouth above my right nipple so that she could find it on her own.
Praise her when she latches on
Nurse while walking and bouncing
Offer that brest first when she is just becoming hungry not when she's really upset and hungry.

She also informed me that I didn't need to pump that side because my left side would compensate. She also said she would be fully satisfied by just one breast.

After three months I was seeing a natural doctor for a second opinion on something unrelated and brought up the fact tha she was not nursing on the right side. He recomended that I go to a ciropractor in the practice that specialized in infants and children. I did so and she assured me that my daughter would not be recieving any sort of painful adjustment and she would only poke her. It turned out that she had tightening on her right side near her ribs which caused her pain when layed on that side. She now nurses on the right side after just 2 visits and only have one more visit until we're done. At the appointments she faces me and plays so that she isn't scared (she has seperation anxiety) and she never notices the poking it's so gental. This tightening can be caused by their position in utero or a long hard birth.

If this sounds like your infant please see a chiropractor it was the best move I made!

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Chelsea - posted on 08/10/2009

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I think that this is just your daughters character. These are both very common infant traits. The clingyness is separation anxiety and not sleeping well alone is a learned behavior and also completely normal. Just keep her close and build a strong trusting bond and the rest will fall into place.

Tessa - posted on 08/10/2009

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Quoting Chelsea:

It is not too late to bring your daughter to an infant chiropractor because problems such as these only become worse over time. Your daughter most likely doesn't even know what it feels like to be in alignment.


Cold this be the possible reason that she is so clingy (always has been) and why she doesn't sleep well by herself. She's still in our bed but I figure that it's just our fault for not pushing her to sleep by herself.

Chelsea - posted on 08/10/2009

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I paid out of pocket $25 a visit for the chiropractic. She went twice a week for roughly 3 weeks to resolve the problem. I now take her for ear infections when they crop up. I found the chiropractic by referral from my daughters natrophath doctor (we were seeing him for a second opinion on something unrelated).

It is not too late to bring your daughter to an infant chiropractor because problems such as these only become worse over time. Your daughter most likely doesn't even know what it feels like to be in alignment.

Tessa - posted on 08/10/2009

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I have heard something similar too!! My daughter had bad reflux and only after I gave up BFing (regrettably) I found out that this sort of treatment can elp with reflux too :( i wish I had of known earlier. Her labour was 24 hrs and she got stuck twice on the way out at the end, I have no doubt now that this would have caused some kind of spinal problems that worsened her reflux if not started it.
Can you pls tell me about how much this sort of treatment costs and how do you find an infant chiropractor? I want to be ready for if this next baby I'm carrying has the same troubles. I really want to BF this time round for as long as I can. I feel so bad for not continuing with my daughter :( I know I shouldn't, but I also know that I didn't give her the best start I could have.

Nellie - posted on 03/09/2009

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I have heard that before, but the personal story is great! My daughter didn't like her left side after birth. The lactation consultant said it might be because of her womb position. Her problems cleared up pretty quickly, but that is great advice for those struggling with that!

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