Avery
-is no longer breastfeeding :( but still getting breastmilk in a bottle
-is in 0-3 month clothing
-is cooing alot
-has a fussy time around 8 or 9 o'clock until she goes to bed
-is still sleeping about 4 hours at a time at night and a couple times she slept 8 hours (gasp!)
-is a "snacker" when it comes to her bottle
-loves riding in the car and going for walks in her stroller
I'm so sad that she won't breastfeed anymore! I think it all started when my husband's family came to visit when she was a month old. I started pumping alot and giving her alot of bottles and basically just breastfeeding her at her nightime feeding because I didn't want to always be taking the baby since it was their first time seeing her and they were only getting to see her for a week. Well, after they left I was still pumping here and there but breastfeeding also and she was doing fine. Then I got mastitis :( I was misled and thought that I shouldn't be feeding her my milk so I stopped breastfeeding her and was "pumping and dumping" and giving her formula. By the time I realized I could give her my breastmilk and she'd be fine, she didn't want the breast anymore. I have been trying ever since then and she'll latch on for a little bit but then just spit it out and get frustrated. So, I'm pumping about 5 times a day now and having to give it to her in a bottle. I tried to get her to latch on on my bare breast today (I usually use a nipple shield) and she definitely wasn't having that! I don't think I'm ready to completely give up on it though so I'll still be trying to get her to feed on the shield at least. Does anyone have any advice?
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Try making an appointment at your local hospital with a lactation consultant. They give really great advice/help. And don't give up! :)
ReplyDeleteI would contact your local lactation consultant!
ReplyDeleteI have heard that doing a lot of skin on skin time can help with latch. When Kaleb wouldn't latch I would give him a bottle for a few sucks then put him on the breast. It worked.
Good luck, I hope your breast feeding relationship isn't over so soon :(
just keep trying- maybe squeeze some milk out and then try to get her to latch on- it was REALLY hard for us to move past the nipple shield- i just kept trying and trying... and WOULD NOT give her anything else- eventually she was just so hungry she started sucking- and has been great ever since- sorry your going thru this... but even if you dont get back in the swing of things- at least you did it for the first month or so!!! =) GOOD LUCK GIRL!!! *btw- she is just sooooo cute!*
ReplyDeleteShe is so adorable. Abigail has been taking breastmilk from a bottle pretty much exclusively since she was 4 weeks old. I had too much milk and it was coming out too fast and choking her. So we tried the bottle and it worked. She still breastfeeds if I can't get the bottle ready quick enough. But good luck, the only suggestion I have is to try to express some milk before getting her to latch on. I know that helped for us for a while.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice ladies :)
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