What if the baby rejects the breast? Advice from pediatricians
A fear of the first-time mother is that your son rejects the chest. Why is this happening? What I can do? The truth is There are times when babies can reject the breast, and that this happens even when they already suck normally. We respond to the main doubts of the mothers thanks to the indications of the Breastfeeding Committee of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics, which explain that There are different reasons that may result in the child rejecting the chest. Knowing the one that originated that of our baby will give us the solution to the problem.
"Newborns are able to find their mother's breast and take a spontaneous shot in the first two hours after delivery," indicate the experts, who explain that it is common after this first shot to stay sleepy for hours, even about eight or ten. This, of course, makes them not breastfeed, something that is "perfectly normal".
In this aspect, the pediatricians point out that if at this time they try to put the child to the breast "He probably will not catch it." This does not mean that he rejects it as such, but that it is "a false rejection"You have to try to wake him up with caresses and kisses and put him in skin-to-skin contact, in this way, when he wakes up, he will have his chest within reach," they add.
The false rejection
The pediatricians explain that there is another case of false rejection of the breast: "it may happen that babies only want to suckle one breast at a time, sometimes they want the second one and sometimes they do not". It is not a "real" rejection because what happens is that they are totally satisfied with the first and they do not need to continue eating, their hunger has been satiated.
Possible reasons for the rejection of a breast
If the baby always wants to eat from the same breast and not from both, the pediatricians mention several possible explanations:
--The position is inadequate and hinder the grip.
--The nipple is flat or Too big and do not fit in the child's mouth.
--The baby has earache, fracture of the clavicle, discomfort due to vaccination, a bruise on the head after delivery, etc.
--The mother has a mastitis, which conditions a change in the taste of milk (more salty).
What to do against breast rejection
Mothers should try that babies take milk from both breasts, for which the pediatricians of the Breastfeeding Committee recommend the following tricks, very related to the possible causes that lead to the child rejecting a breast.
-- Change the position to breastfeed that rejects not to cause engorgement and not decrease milk production in that breast.
- That the mother does a lot skin contact with skin and take the milk out of the chest.
-- Tranquility for the mother and confidence that her baby knows how to hook up and her how to help her do it.
What if he rejects both breasts?
If your baby does not want to drink milk from either breasts, pediatricians mention these possible explanations:
- Have had a unpleasant experience (soundings, suction ...) that produce momentary rejection of the shot.
- Have occurred changes in routines: incorporation of the mother to work, work at home, removals, trips, unexpected visits, start of the daycare ...
- The mother is pregnant or has the period, which the taste of milk may vary.
- Have changed the smell of the mother, by the use of new soaps, perfumes, deodorants, excessive sweating ...
- There has been a loud noise or a sudden movement while the baby was nursing, etc.
"The keys to overcoming rejection are arm yourself with patience, try to find out the cause and, as almost always there are interpersonal discrepancies, Much love, respect towards the other person and physical contact (skin with skin), "conclude as key tips to get that rejection to the chest eliminated.
Angela R. Bonachera
