I'm hoping someone can offer me some encouragement and maybe a success story. DS2 is 6 days old and we had a wonderful homebirth. Everything has been great except he won't latch on. He has a few times, but certainly not with any regularity and in fact, less and less.
I'm cup feeding him expressed milk but it is exhausting putting him on the breast while he screams, then feeding him, then having to pump. I find my whole day is consumed trying to get him to feed and keeping my supply up. Not sure how I will cope when DH goes back to work. I've seen a lactation consultant and have an excellent midwife. They keep telling me that I'm doing all the right things and just to persevere and that DS2 will just get it one day. I really want it to work, but I'm finding it pretty depressing.
Please tell me that someone has experience of their baby learning to breast feed a bit late?
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baby won't latch - need encouragement that he WILL get it
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SparkyUK · 04/11/2010 23:38
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