My DD is a week old today and I've not been able to get her on the breast. I've been expressing all her feeds, which I'm happy to keep on doing as long as she needs it although it's quite tiring.
It seems that my nipples are just too big for her mouth because she's keen to feed and tries to latch on but just can't get a good enough mouthful to start. We feed her the expressed milk at the breast so that she keeps the connection between nipple and food. She still looks for my breast if she's hungry.
I was just wondering if anyone had any good advice? We've tried nipple shields but she hates them. At the moment we're hoping that her mouth will get big enough soon to take the nipple properly but I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem?
Thanks in advance - this might be a bit of a post and run as the PIL are here all day () but I will check back as soon as I can.
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DD not breastfeeding - advice please!
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TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 22/07/2008 12:56
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