4 day old not interested in breast

[BuggerLumpsAnnoyed]

this is for my friend. she had a lovely baby on Monday whose not interested in her breasts. well feed for a couple of minutes but then FalL asleep. she has been giving him bottles and I don't know if it would be best to advise her to stop giving bottles completely so that he only has the option of breasts and will get used to it.

thanks for any help you could give

i would get rid of bottles for now.

When DS1 was tiny, he wasnt interested in boob....mw told us to strip him down to a nappy and then he will feel cold and snuggle in for a feed.

Worked really well. SHe was an old school army midwife, and said its little boys being lazy feeders.

I would say she needs to go back and get some support from her midwife.
If she's been giving lots of bottles, it may have affected her milk supply as frequent feeding in the early days helps to bring about the change from colostrum to the transitional milk.
For now, I would suggest lots of skin to skin to get the bfing hormones going and show her baby that breast is a nice place to be.

This is an urgent situation, esp with Xmas meaning lack of help over the holiday if she gets to a crisis then.

Your friend needs to call the midwife now - sleepy babies may be ok, but sometimes they are sleepy because they are dehydrated and not getting the calories in to give them the energy to feed properly (vicious circle).

Yes, of course bottles are a bad idea if she wants to breastfeed, but no one (apart from midwife) should be telling her to stop them, because if the bf is not working the baby needs something. She can learn to express her milk and to fix the breastfeeding - but she needs a midwife. It;s good she has you as a friend to support her, but it's not a substitute for proper health care and you should not be advising her anything, sorry.

Agree with tiktok your friend needs to call the mw and ask for help now. If you want to do some reading while you wait, google kellymom sleep baby.

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Assuming the baby is not jaundice?

How is your friend now? Have you managed to speak to her and how does she feel about continuing with the bfing?

Just popping in to see if there was any update BuggerLumps?