DS3 is 4 weeks old and just term as he was born at 36 weeks. Had a rocky start to bfing because he ended up in SCBU and was tube fed for a time. Once we got home I realised that he had a tongue tie which was causing me loads of pain and stopping him from latching on. I could only feed him with nipple shields and even that was painful. Tongue tie was snipped a week ago and things started to improve to the point that I was only topping him up once or twice a day and he was feeding reasonably well (still with nipple shields on) although the feeds were taking quite a long time.
However, the last 2/3 nights we have gone backwards. He doesn't seem to want to bf at all, even though he is really hungry. He latches on and does a few decent sucks and then it is a nightmare to get him to feed after that. He just seems to be using the boob for comfort and doesn't seem to be getting much milk out. He will feed for a hour and then within 15 mins scream blue murder for more milk. The first night he did it, he had a snotty nose and I thought he was struggling to breathe and bf at the same time so put it down to that. Last night his breathing sounded fine and he still just sat on the boob without really drinking for an hour. He then screamed the place down as soon as I tried to put him down and then downed 60ml top-up and crashed. Same thing this morning. I don't understand why?
My boobs are also quite sore but this may be because I have been trying to so hard to get him to suck that I am doing damage in the process. I can't take the bottle feeds away completely because I have quite a few appointments with my other DCs and I can't be out and feeding for an hour with nipple shields on. DS1 has ASD and is a runner so can't be trusted to just sit there while I feed. I have been giving a bottle for those feeds which need to be done in a hurry and expressing so that my supply is not affected.
Any suggestions? Getting to the end of my tether
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4 weeks in and going backwards
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loueytb3 · 01/07/2011 09:46
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