4 week old will barely leave my boobs.. help?

[GetNmyBelly]

here I am at 10:13pm with my son sleeping with my boob n his mouth. I have attempted to move him to bed twice so far & it didn't go good. he used to take a paci & he is now pushing it out & gagging on it. he has always done well with nursing... I supplemented with formula for 2 days until my milk came all the way in then we went to exclusively BF & have done great. he has acid reflux & just started zantac yesterday ..so he does need comforted a little more than your average babe. I tried to get a 2 hour break today so my husband took him earlier.. he screamed until he was back with me. I think it hurt my husband a little but its our first & he just imagined everything differently. I told him it will get better! hes only little right now.

I don't know what to do.

 

[noon_child]

Could it be a growth spurt? I remember my LO cluster feeding and sleep suckling my boobs till about 1am for those first few weeks.

What I would say is that if he's not unlatching and is sleeping with boob in his mouth, try to wake him up a little to feed enough to feel satisfied and unlatch. He may still be asleep in your arms rather than bed though!

If it is a growth spurt though he may have a few days where he never seems to get enough to seem satisfied and come off the boob. If this goes on for more than a few days or is accompanied by weight loss or lack of dirty nappies, please seek help as he may not be extracting milk properly.

 

[GetNmyBelly]

Could it be a growth spurt? I remember my LO cluster feeding and sleep suckling my boobs till about 1am for those first few weeks.

What I would say is that if he's not unlatching and is sleeping with boob in his mouth, try to wake him up a little to feed enough to feel satisfied and unlatch. He may still be asleep in your arms rather than bed though!

If it is a growth spurt though he may have a few days where he never seems to get enough to seem satisfied and come off the boob. If this goes on for more than a few days or is accompanied by weight loss or lack of dirty nappies, please seek help as he may not be extracting milk properly.

I know he is getting plenty of milk he has a great latch & he is 2 pounds more than his birth weight.. he was just weighed Tuesday when we went to the doctor for his acid reflux. I just have no idea how to get him to give me a break lol. he is not even trying to eat he just wants to stay on & sleep like that. ALL.THE.TIME. ugh... I remember his last growth spurt & it was hell. he barely slept & he was eating all the time. this isn't like that tho.. I think he is just using my boob for comfort. which is fine, I just need some time to do other things lol. he used to love his paci! I don't know what happened.

 

[staralfur]

My LO was like this, she comfort sucked constantly and never took a soother. Probably not super helpful but I just went with it. Eventually I realized it was a nice excuse to just sit and watch TV. I know it can get overwhelming, though. I found that it got a lot better when I started going back to school/work part-time and she didn't really have much choice but to find ways to be comforted by either my husband or my mom. She was still very attached to my boobs when I was home but it was easier to step away for 20 minutes to grab a shower. I would probably give it a few more weeks until your supply regulates and then maybe start trying to actually leave the house for an hour every once in a while to give them some one-on-one time and to give yourself a small break without the chance of being called back in for boob duty.

 

[MnGmakes3]

Following bc I'm going through the same with my LO.
2 wks old, is it possible for a growth spurt already?
This is now day 2 of CONSTANTLY just using me as a pacifier. She'll actively eat for maybe a minute and then just suckle until she falls asleep.

My nipples hurt so bad I'm at my whits end. Last night we were up from 830 to 1am trying to shush her, rock her and do everything I can think of. Each time she unlatched herself and I thought she was asleep she'd wake up screaming within a minute.
It's making me really debate going to formula :crazy:

 

[staralfur]

Yeah, at 2 weeks your LO will still be very much trying to build your supply. My LO's first 6 weeks were essentially one long growth spurt. I think around 3 weeks was the worst of it, she fed non-stop from 10pm-7am every night for about a week. Like clockwork.

The first couple of months were totally exhausting but I adjusted and once things get into more of a rhythm and feeds space out a bit breastfeeding is the easiest thing in the world. I can't even tell you how many times I was thankful I stuck it out in the hard days because it made my life so much easier in the long run. Short term pain for long term gain.

 

[SweetV]

I'm in the same situation. He will eat for the first few minutes and then I am a pacifier, for hours. The consultant said to find other ways to sooth him which DH seems to be able to do but when he is with me he is constantly rooting and needing to bf. He has put on about 2lbs in 10 days which they aren't concerned about as he was a bit premature and continued to lose weight the first week after birth. He was supplemented and sometimes a bottle will help put him to sleep.
I'm finding it hard to get anything done and with my older DS and step daughter living here it is becoming harder everyday!

 

[noon_child]

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