My dd is 8 weeks old and I'm really sorry to say but I hate breastfeeding. We've had nothing but problems since day one (tongue tie, unsettled, cluster feeding 24/7, reflux, colic) and I've had enough. I'm also a human dummy. She feeds all day long and at night has an hour or two of screaming around six, so I then have to take her upstairs to bed and try and calm her down and feed her to sleep.
My dd1 is only 21 months and I'm not being a mother to her at all. I can't put her to bed because the baby just wants to feed and feed and if we r out I cannot spend quality time with her because the baby wakes up and wants feeding. (She spends hours on the breast). I've tried dummies and she spits them out. I wanted to combination feed but now she hates bottles
. My dh says don't give up as dd2 is putting on lots of weight and I have lots of milk ( too much). I've given up dairy to see if that could help so I'm miserable because of that too. I breastfed dd1 until she was 8 months and I really enjoyed it but this time it's so stressful. If it wasn't for dh I wouldn't get to eat as I'm on the sofa feeding. Please someone tell me what to do. It's not getting easier and she isn't feeding regularly.
Oh and we r co sleeping which I'm not very comfortable with. The hv said give her a bottle in the evening but how can I when I don't know when her next feed is as she is feeding constantly through the day. I'm sorry for the depressing rant but I'm litreally at breaking point now.
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Cupcakemummy85 · 13/04/2013 20:00
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