Breast feeding ds2 was really straight forward to begin with, my baby latched on really well at birth and kept going beautifully so quite early on I stopped bothering to do much positioning. His at about 4 weeks I was aware his latch had gotten a bit smaller but wasn't too worried. We started giving him a dummy because he suffers from wind and he won't settle unless he falls asleep at the breast, and it is incredibly hard to have a limpet baby with a toddler as well.
We were also advised by the doctor to feed every three hours only because of the wind. But last week I hot worried because he wasn't latching on well and seemed hungry after a feed. The midwife suggested ignoring the doctor and going back to on demand feeding.
I have done that but am now more worried about the fact that the latch has shrunk down and is now a bit painful. I am also aware that that is probably why he is feeding so often and for so long.
So, my question is how can I change his latch? And do we have to give up the dummy? At some level I would like for him not to have one, but he sucks his hand and I would rather him have a dummy than suck his thumb.
Any advice would be really gratefully received.
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changing the latch of 8 week old?
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allyfe · 31/12/2010 21:50
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