Skywalker
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Hi ladies!
I'm having an issue where my baby will scream bloody murder for the boob and will be giving me tons of hunger cues like trying to eat his hands, turning his head and rooting for my nipple, etc. Then, when he's on the breast, he'll drink for a few minutes but then falls asleep. Almost nothing I do wakes him up for very long once this has happened. I've tried undressing him so he's a little cold and more alert, tapping his cheeks and forehead to wake him, making a sudden "Ah!" shout kind of sound like Captain Jack Sparrow
(that one always works to startle him awake), pulling him off the breast slowly to see if he starts sucking again, etc.
All of the above will wake him up for a few moments, but inevitably he takes a few more sips and then drifts back off to sleep.
The problem is that since he's not actually eating half the time he's on my boob, when I take him off, he again screams bloody murder and gives me hunger cues and doesn't calm down until he's on the boob again. But then he calms WAY down and falls asleep again. So I end up with either a screaming hungry baby off the boob, or a sleeping, sometimes suckling baby on the breast 24/7.
What can I do? Should I take him completely off the breast whenever he falls asleep?
PS - He hates pacifiers and spits them out. The only other thing he likes to suck on other than my nipple is my pinky.
I'm having an issue where my baby will scream bloody murder for the boob and will be giving me tons of hunger cues like trying to eat his hands, turning his head and rooting for my nipple, etc. Then, when he's on the breast, he'll drink for a few minutes but then falls asleep. Almost nothing I do wakes him up for very long once this has happened. I've tried undressing him so he's a little cold and more alert, tapping his cheeks and forehead to wake him, making a sudden "Ah!" shout kind of sound like Captain Jack Sparrow
(that one always works to startle him awake), pulling him off the breast slowly to see if he starts sucking again, etc. All of the above will wake him up for a few moments, but inevitably he takes a few more sips and then drifts back off to sleep.
The problem is that since he's not actually eating half the time he's on my boob, when I take him off, he again screams bloody murder and gives me hunger cues and doesn't calm down until he's on the boob again. But then he calms WAY down and falls asleep again. So I end up with either a screaming hungry baby off the boob, or a sleeping, sometimes suckling baby on the breast 24/7.
What can I do? Should I take him completely off the breast whenever he falls asleep?
PS - He hates pacifiers and spits them out. The only other thing he likes to suck on other than my nipple is my pinky.
