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Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Carol Covin

Carol Covin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:06:10 +0000

Two possibilities:
1. At two weeks, babies get insatiably hungry and breasts hurry to catch up by producing more milk. This happened with both my sons. It levels out.
2. I just saw an instructional video that says when you are teaching a baby to nurse, you want them to open their mouths wide, like a baby bird, before they latch on, not just nuzzle and attach. The video demonstrated gently touching the baby’s upper lip with the nipple, then lower lip, before allowing them to nurse to get them to open wide enough to get the whole nipple in their mouth. This might help.

Good luck. It is so worth it.

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Comment on Fusion Hummus by Kristal Polera

Kristal Polera — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:48:18 +0000

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Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Mario Donoso

Mario Donoso — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:24 +0000

Have you try feed your baby lying on the bed?, so gravity avoid the sprying issue.

I hope you find the way…

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Truth Mama

Truth Mama — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:05:51 +0000

I have TOTALLY squirted my baby in the face. I just did a blog post about it. If you find a solution, let me know because I don’t have one either. Because this post was along the same lines, I put a link to it in the post I did. Thank you!!

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Breastfeeding Sucks « Truth Mama

Breastfeeding Sucks « Truth Mama — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:40:58 +0000

[...] You Will Probably Squirt Your Baby in the Face – When you “let down”, milk will shoot straight out of your boob regardless of whether or not something is sucking on it. A couple of times my daughter would lose her latch and get an eye full of breast milk. I had no idea this was possible. One friend of mine was going through her closet after getting out of the shower, looked down, and saw a “string” on her clothes. After trying to brush it aside, she realized it was not a string. Here is a post about another mom with a spraying problem. [...]

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:10:10 +0000

Hey Nadia,

Just want to let you know that you are certainly not alone … Two months later and I am still spraying the munchkin ( and myself) regularly. Sometimes she even pulls off because it is too forceful and sort of chokes her. For you it is probably just your milk supply adjusting to her needs, but if it continues here is a link I found helpful…

http://www.breastfeedingbasics.com/html/oversupply.shtml

Good luck! It took 6 weeks for us to hit our stride but was absolutely worth it!!

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Nadia Lawand

Nadia Lawand — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:36:04 +0000

Haha nice Trina! That would have been a great reaction shot pic!

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Trina

Trina — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:21:29 +0000

Not that I have any experience in this field what so ever but I thought that this situation did call for the sharing of a rather amusing anecdote.
As you may or may not know my oldest brother has two daughters and my sister-in-law used a pump as well as breast feeding for both. While my brother was of course a very proud papa and all about his baby girls he also happened to be a huge fan of the fact that my sister-in-laws’ breasts got SIGNIFICANTLY larger (she already being a D) and he would often wax poetic about their size.
It was during one of her more difficult times feeding that my oh so sensitive brother decided to make some comment about their size; my sister-in-law having had enough of his oafish tendencies decided to treat him to the wonders of her breasts and breast feeding and squirted him in the face with her breast from across the couch!!!!! His face was apparently PRICELESS!!!! Not to mention the fact that she then shared her triumph with the WHOLE family during one our dinners!!!!
Now I know that this is no help to you- but I do hope it beings a smile to your face!!!

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Nadia Lawand

Nadia Lawand — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:22:25 +0000

Thanks Kristy! Good to hear that I am not alone!!!! I need to get myself to Belles Mamans soon!!!!

Comment on Help! I’ve got Milk spraying everywhere!!! by Kristy

Kristy — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:18:40 +0000

Heya Nadia, I occasionally have this problem while feeding. Early on I also had some leakage… but the problem regulated itself over time (now the only time I have leakage issues is when I skip a feeding). If expressing by hand isn’t working, have you tried using a pump? It could be helpful. Otherwise, I wouldn’t worry about it… will probably work itself out. Or, if you think it is a serious problem remember Belles Mamans? They work with a really great lactation specialist Tanja, who does free consultations on Mondays. (Your local CLSC could probably also offer some help).