Rosalie B. schrieb:
betsy wrote:

On Sep 28, 1:28 pm, wrote:
Unfortunately,
Hannah doesn't take to the tandem nursing very well either

I had two children (not twins but born at separate times) who would
only nurse on the right breast. One of them was quite adamant about
it, and would scream in anger any time I tried the left. (This was
when she was 3 weeks.) I was told (after the fact) that the right
side usually drew down easier if the mom was right handed. So it
wasn't because the milk came out too fast, but the reverse.

Sara prefers the left, as did Sam. However (!) I went to the doc with
Sara last week to get her neck checked and sure enough she did have one
"blocked" disc (?) in her spine, I think it was the first or second one.
The doc fixed that by basically giving it a push from both sides at
once, and she's a lot better, she turns her head to both sides now and
when she's laying on her back her head's not turned to the side all the
time anymore. She's still no good at nursing on the right breast though
:-/ I think let down is too fast for her there, she latches on fine but
pulls away frequently.

So, if your twin also has some neck issues (doesn't turn her head to one
side, or does so very reluctantly; lays like a banana when her head's
turned to the non preferred side,...) see your doc about it and get a
referral to a "specialist". It's very common for newborn babies to have
this, I'm sure Sam did, too but we didn't find a doc prepared to
check/treat him because they weren't experienced with babies...

cu
nicole (nak, yay!)