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Well done! So glad to hear.

Well done! That was exactly the time it finally seemed to go away for me (with a few random flare-ups here and there). Of course then I freaked out that my supply was dropping, so good job being...

Hmm, a mí me haría enojada y confundida también. No soy experta para nada, pero sí que hay pedíatras (aunque no estén dónde tú, por desgracia) que afirman que la lactancia prolongada está bien, y que...

Update...pretty much two days after I wrote that last post, out of the blue baby has been contentedly nursing every three hours, while fully awake, and sleeping 6+ hour stretches at night without...

Very similar experience here with having oversupply, then having days where I feared my supply was dropping due to extreme distractibility (no older siblings, just...ANYthing around her was more...

Oh my, eagerly awaiting a response to this...your son sounds exactly like my daughter, only she is #1, distracted by anything and everything rather than a sibling, and hates nursing in the dark. I...

You know, I shouldn't complain, because really unless she's tired AND ravenous my baby is pretty distractible with things like you mentioned---music, change of scenery, etc. In fact I think her...

Oh man, thanks so much for your post. I recognize my baby in a lot of what you wrote, including the mystifying 4-6-month side-lying only phase! Now she won't do that at all--she thinks I'm trying to...

Hm, okay. How many wet diapers in a 24 hour period? Is her weight gain good? I have only been at this for seven months myself so I'm hoping someone more experienced comes in to help, but I've learned...

So objectively breastfeeding has gone very well for both of us: baby has been more than amply nourished (6 lbs 12 oz at birth, 18+ lbs by 6 months!) and I have never had any pain or infection issues...

Sounds to me like oversupply or overactive letdown, not too little milk, if you say you can hear her gulping... Is she pulling off crying after letdown (if you can feel/tell when that happens)? Are...

Ugh, I kept meaning to come back and update and look where the time has gone...update below.

squirmama, thanks for the suggestion. I saw three different IBCLCs in the first week and none of them...

I'm really sorry for the length but am wondering if anyone can relate, or help me to stick it out for one more day, or encourage me about moving onto pumping exclusively. I know it will be a royal...

Sounds fine to me. I had oversupply the first three months and when a feeding went well, five minutes of gulping could very well be all she needed for a couple of hours. Of course she had terrible...

Thanks for the bouncing trick, Elisa. I will have to try that with mine (also 4.5-month-old, fussy, reluctant nurser)! I sure hope this doesn't last that long. It's very frustrating for many reasons,...

I too have a four-month-old who is extremely particular about positioning right now, and has been for about a month. You'd think I am trying to poison her if I dare offer the breast sitting up---same...

Btw in the meantime if he's really worked up and seems just to want to suck, try offering your clean pinky finger, nail facing down. I use it all the time to calm my daughter during fussy feedings.

I don't think 3-3.5 hours is frequent enough. For oversupply it is almost always best to be feeding frequent, small "meals," both for baby's sake and yours--think more like every 2 hours at least. Or...

I'll definitely make room for the hand pump, then. Thanks!

Agreed with the above. I'm only 3 1/2 months into this gig but here's my experience with both OALD and reflux---I guess! I keep going back and forth on the cause of all this spit-up and feeding...

So how did your return trip go? This thread was so incredibly helpful--we have a major road trip coming up at Christmas and I am petrified. My baby is 3 1/2 months old and very distractible and...

Thanks so much for the advice (and for making me feel like less of a freak with all the eating!). Teething wasn't really on my radar! She seems to calm down when I rub her gums with my finger, so you...

*My three month old has had a love/hate relationship with my oversupply/OALD which, at nearly 15 weeks, finally seems to be resolving for good. At around 12 weeks things seemed to even out quite...

This seems obvious but have you tried swaddling her tightly before nursing to cut down on all her own activity that might be distracting her? I had forgotten this myself but I also find it easier to...

What about sidelying? I have to nurse in motion a lot too with my 2.5 month old, who is about 15 lbs---overactive letdown being the probable cause of both the tremendous weight gain and the random...