THE GREEN(wald) HOUSE … (growing rosemary & raising a little wolf)

August 17, 2005

breastfeeding

Filed under: motherhood stuff, Rosie stuff - Administrator @ 11:59 pm

Rosie is 5 weeks tomorrow and we are doing pretty well with bf, she still has some latch issues, mostly when she is tired and too lazy to latch on properly, but our big issue lately has been the amount of air she is swallowing with each nursing session. I thought that bf babies didnt have the problem with swallowing air and burping that bottle fed babies had. I can hear her swallowing air while she sucks - it is like she just lets the latch and suction go enough to let a tiny stream of air in - it sounds like a slow leak. It makes her really gassy and fussy and she pulls off the breast crying every few minutes and I have to burp her 5-6 times with every feeding…

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