I've made a mistake.

[Serene123]

Yeah, it's gentle, and just not right. Used to it now though

 

[1st_baby]

Hebe's comfort suck is more like a gentle quiver. After a while it feels like it could make me sore.

Lucky you lol mine were painful

 

[Bec L]

Does it start like that or end up like that then? Poppy will always start as a full proper feeding suck, but then will 'quiver' suck at the end so I take her off then (sorry for hijacking your post Toria!)

 

[1st_baby]

Article from https://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/breastfeed_often.html#
My baby wants to nurse for comfort. Is this OK?

If your baby seems to be getting enough milk, but continues to suck for an hour or more, he or she might be nursing for comfort rather than for nourishment. So, how do you know? Once your baby has fed vigorously, he or she may stay on your breast but show these signs of non-nutritive sucking (or pacifying):

* seems satisfied
* stops sucking and swallowing
* plays with your nipple

Early on, it's OK to let your baby nurse for comfort, but it can become problematic as your little one gets older because he or she may need to nurse to take a nap or go to bed at night. So, at some point in the second or third month, you should probably wean your baby off of sucking for comfort and make breastfeeding sessions about nourishment not pacifying.
Instead of nursing, you may want to offer your baby his or her thumb or hand to suck on.

 

[Mervs Mum]

Does it start like that or end up like that then? Poppy will always start as a full proper feeding suck, but then will 'quiver' suck at the end so I take her off then (sorry for hijacking your post Toria!)

Starts proper, like she really is feeding then changes to the quivery one. She's never really let go on her own.

 

[poppy]

So long as she stops before she starts uni.....

 

[emma_27]

When Benn was 10 months it started feeling funny for me to feed him and i had to stop nightmare cus he hadnt quite reached that he could have full fat milk and he hated formula i ended up mixing formula with ovaltine lol. But more to the point He used to use me to fall asleep on so i gave him a blankie which he loved and he used to cuddle that so maybe try a comfort blanket luckly for me when he was 10 n a half months he found a dummy in his draw and took to it straight away so that was my problem solved. Not exactly the same problem but similar. Its so hard cus you dont want to upset them but you also dont want to be a dummy.

 

[BurtonBaby]

Erica continued to comfort suck, tho not all the time, for about 2 months after we stopped breastfeeding. We give her a paci tho, and she hasn't done it for a while. Like someone else said, maybe giving a stuffed animal or something else to offer comfort at night? Erica has a little stuffed poodle she loves to snuggle with at night.

 

[marley2580]

With Kaya I started by tackling the night time feeds. I would set myself a time that I wouldn't feed before (I think I started with 3am) and I would gently but firmly tell her 'later' when she asked. I just kept pushing the time back from there. I did discover that Kaya gets hungry around 5am, so now I keep a little snack beside the bed to give her (as well as a sippy cup of water) and she goes back to sleep.

During the day I would always offer a drink or some food before I would allow her to nurse, and if we were out I would tell her 'later'. Remember that she still sees you as THE source of food and drink and it's up to you to let her know otherwise.