Hello,
I am asking for advice on behalf of a friend. She has a 1 week old baby who she has been feeding by bottle with a combination of formula and expressed breast milk. She really wants to get baby on the breast but says baby latches poorly, gets fussy, worked up and agitated and gives up on the boob and they end up giving bottle.
I managed to get my own DS (now 5 yo) back on the boob after 5 days of bottle feeding, thru grit and perseverance. It was a horrible time in all honesty, and I dnt think I stopped crying for weeks. But she knows we did it and has asked me to go round this wknd to help her try it.
Thing is, I can't really remember HOW we did it!! I do know we ditched the bottles and went cold turkey and just tried and tried at every feed on the boob till we got it. But there were lots of tears and upset all round. And I'm not sure that is the best way to do it!
I've read skin to skin, different positions, feeding when baby sleepy and starting to express before a feed to get milk flow going.
But I'm confused about it whether to go cold turkey with bottles or to continue to use them to supplement. One side says going cold turkey means they dnt get confused. Other side says a worked up agitated and hungry baby will not feed well, so best to ensure they have had some milk by bottle.... and I'm very confused!!
My friend is on the case and arranging a breast feeding counsellor to visit, But until then, Does anyone have any advice or tips on how we can get baby back on the breast?
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Trying to get newborn back on to breast after getting used to bottle.
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Lucinda15 · 14/10/2016 19:49
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