Had our son 3 days ago, he was early and only weighed 5lb 7oz. I was planning on solely breastfeeding, but have now had to rethink and top up the breast feeds with formula as he doesn't seem to be getting enough and is jaundiced (enough that the midwife sent us back to hospital with him today).
We can get him to latch on just about, and he'll feed for maybe 5 minutes, then he'll detach himself and start screaming, and no matter what we try we just can't get him to latch back on. Of course he gets more and more distressed and it gets harder and harder.
He isn't much better at formula feeding as he keeps falling asleep during the feed. We've tried tickling him and stripping him down to his nappy, which wakes him up briefly (enough to scream) but he still falls back asleep once we start feeding him and of course he stops sucking.
We've got to take him back to hospital tomorrow morning to recheck his jaundice levels and weight, worried they are going to want to keep him in. We've only just got him home, I just want him to be ok :(