baby help

[gemjazz2000]

Originally Posted by crazymummy

thanks for the advice unfortunately for my son, I think :S, I have a fast flow of milk that shoots itself away from me and seems to end up coming out of his nose (poor kid) and he tends to let go at the start and gets shot in the eye and we both end up having a bath milk :/ it only really happens from one breast though. is there a way to get it to slow down?

Not sure about a way of stopping it. It happens to me still, and myself and leo both have a boobie milk wash lol. sorry thats no help, but it has also happened to me too

[ladybug]

one sign of reflux can be milk flowing from nose...

You could try expressing a litle bit off at the start of the feed. ONly thing with that is that she'll miss her drink, so cup feed her what you expressed straight away then continue with feed.

hth

[cathyg]

freddie was the same at that age, you could set your clock by him, 5pm he would kick off screaming etc every night til about 10pm, i breast fed too so assumed my supply was running low at that time of day. i did (on advice of HV) give a formula feed at this time to settle him down & help him sleep longer. this worked for me as he was a very hungry baby & was obviously having a growth spurt, once this was over, he settled down again & no more screaming. it'll pass i'm sure, i used to swaddle him & rub back etc to help calm him. good luck x

[lottiesmummy]

welcome xx how is your baby now ?? xx take care xx

[greenmum]

Both of my children were like this in the first couple of months - dont really know what it was but I'm guessing a bit of wind and also over tiredness. I just persevered with the breastfeeding and would offer them the breast when they looked for it. They both settled down by about 11 weeks or so, I tend to think it is just their little digestive systems settling down after being scrunched up in the womb for so long.

Hope things improve for you, I'm sure you'll notice a difference soon

[fussymum]

Originally Posted by ladybug

one sign of reflux can be milk flowing from nose...

You could try expressing a litle bit off at the start of the feed. ONly thing with that is that she'll miss her drink, so cup feed her what you expressed straight away then continue with feed.

hth

Hiya - the symptoms you describe sound like it could be a forceful letdown - you my find this of some use kellymom.com :: Forceful Let-down (Milk Ejection Reflex) & Oversupply.