 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / February 2005newborn gulping air?
Hi guys, I had #2 two weeks ago! I need some advice -- he had a tongue tie which loosened enough for breastfeeding in the first 24 hours, but wasn't great so I had a couple of notches cut in it three days ago which improved his seal. But, he is still gulping air and needing to be burped, and he can be an incredibly loud feeder, hee-haw hee-haw as he feeds. He also is much more spit-upy than Meg. Meg burped about three times as a little baby and I was able to just latch her on and go back to sleep at night. This guy, no go. Can anyone tell me why he gulps air or is so loud when nursing, or give other advice? Thanks Dagny Mom to Meg, 10/03 R.D., 1/05 > Can anyone tell me why he gulps air or is so loud when nursing, or > give other advice? Both mine gulped, guzzled, and smacked around quite a bit until they were old enough to handle the flow. I think I had a bit of overactive letdown, especially with #1 since I also had way more milk then any one baby could drink. It ended quicker with #2. I've heard that hand expressing through the initial let down helps with this but to be honest, I never did it.  SignatureNikki excuse us but what is tongue tie? > Hi guys, I had #2 two weeks ago! I need some advice -- he had a tongue tie > which loosened enough for breastfeeding in the first 24 hours, but wasn't [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Mom to Meg, 10/03 > R.D., 1/05 Tongue tie is when the bottom of the tongue is attached too tightly, or to put it another way, more of the tongue is attached than in most people. This can cause feeding problems, so some people get it clipped. Leslie >Hi guys, I had #2 two weeks ago! I need some advice -- he had a tongue tie >which loosened enough for breastfeeding in the first 24 hours, but wasn't [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Can anyone tell me why he gulps air or is so loud when nursing, or give >other advice? I've no idea, but YoungBloke has gulped air and snorted, snuffled and smacked his way through feeds for 15 months now and shows no sign of stopping! SignatureLinz YB: 15 months, 9.6kg, 73cm. > Can anyone tell me why he gulps air or is so loud when nursing, or give > other advice? Could you have a very fast letdown? Jessica would gulp like that quite a bit. You could actually hear her swallow the air with the milk and it sounded painful. She let a few very violent burps here and there. Now that she's older, latching better and my milk production is more regulated she doesn't do it as often. HTH JennP. >> Can anyone tell me why he gulps air or is so loud when nursing, or give >> other advice? > > Could you have a very fast letdown? I'm not sure. I rarely feel let-down, but that's probably not relevant. One difference with this second kid, I have not had very much leakage at all this time around. Another difference, is I am nursing both kids. ?????????? > One difference with this second kid, I have not had very much leakage at > all this time around. Another difference, is I am nursing both kids. > ?????????? That's about exactly the same with us, except Galen isn't a terribly noisy nurser. Now that he's over 4 months old he hardly spits up at all (at the worst it was once or twice a day on average, and quite a bit). SignatureChris Craig http://ciotog.net Life of Siobhana: http://members.fortunecity.com/siobhana Life of Galen: pending... (Where's the time...) Congratulations on the birth of #2. I haven't been online in ages. ~Carol Ann Mom to Morgan 3.24.04 > Hi guys, I had #2 two weeks ago! I need some advice -- he had a tongue tie > which loosened enough for breastfeeding in the first 24 hours, but wasn't [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Mom to Meg, 10/03 > R.D., 1/05 |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2010 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.