Hi,
My daughter is 6 weeks old and I have been really struggling with breast feeding. I've been to all the support groups and sought as much advice/guidance as possible but everyone tells me because her mouth is so small she is bruising me and the bruising doesn't have time to heal. Although her latch looks ok and she is gaining weight, I'm still in quite a bit of pain after each feed and was having to take pain killers every evening. I therefore made the difficult decision last week to go to bottle and introduce formula (I've tried expressing as well but that hasn't worked for me). I am therefore gradually introducing formula and I am currently giving her 2 bottles a day - late morning/lunchtime and early evening and continuing breast feeding during the night, first thing and mid-afternoon. This appears to be working at the moment and the pain has reduced after each feed but it I am still struggling. If possible, as long as my supply remains I would like to continue giving her the breast for as long as I can, even if its just the night feed. Can anyone give me any advice on when to start introducing more bottles and which feeds I should substitute? My Health Visitor wasn't particularly helpful!
Thanks