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Please help me not repeat my mistakes (BFing)
It's starting. In the evenings baby girl is tired and fussy and does not want to nurse. She screams and screams. She's hungry and wants a bottle but it's so hard to get her to latch. I need her to nurse. I cannot be an EPer again. Any advice?
And to think her first week at school they were worried about her reluctance to take a bottle
~Working Mom~Breastfeeding Mom~Cloth Diapering Mom~BLW Mom~
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Shawn and Larissa
LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
LO #2 - TTC 7 months, surprise spontaneous BFP!
Re: Please help me not repeat my mistakes (BFing)
We can't really do earlier (although I could try while we're still at daycare
Complete dark is what finally helped tonight
~Working Mom~Breastfeeding Mom~Cloth Diapering Mom~BLW Mom~
Blog - No Longer on the DL ~ The Man Cave
Shawn and Larissa
LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
LO #2 - TTC 7 months, surprise spontaneous BFP!
if the dark stops working, maybe you could try one at daycare and again before bed?
How is she on the weekend? If she doesn't mind BFing then, I'd assume it's a time of day thing. If she fusses then, I'd assume more bottle preference? I don't have a ton of advice on that because our problems have always leaned in the other direction.
~Working Mom~Breastfeeding Mom~Cloth Diapering Mom~BLW Mom~
Blog - No Longer on the DL ~ The Man Cave
Shawn and Larissa
LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
LO #2 - TTC 7 months, surprise spontaneous BFP!
I think you've gotten some great advice from PP's. Just to throw a few other ideas out in case you need to try some new things:
* try latching while standing/walking (baby in a carrier or you holding her)
* try latching while both of you are in a warm bath together
* try pumping just a bit to get the let down, then latching her when milk is already flowing
* try cluster feeding in the evenings - more often than you ever thought possible
*Hugs* you will get through this!