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help please breast feeding

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kandiizsweet · 06/09/2013 10:50

My daughter is 9 weeks old, i was exclusively breast feeding her, then slowly went onto the bottle because i had to give her medicine for reflux which i had to mix in with milk 3 times a day, which slowly led to more bottles a day because she seems to not want the breast anymore! Where as i don't want to stop breast feeding her! Iv not properly fed her on the breast for about 2 weeks now she just crys whenever i put her on, I DO NOT WANT TO FEED HER JUST FORMULA! i miss breast feeding her an its so much healthier for her too. So i was thinking of just stopping the bottle all together at once, an basically just only give her the breast, there is some milk in my breasts left but hardly any so i really need her to be sucking. Will she starve if i just refuse to feed her a bottle? Because i tried doing this about an hour ago i refused to feed her an put her on the breast she was sucking for about ten mins then started crying it was awful to see her cry so i gave her the bottle an now shes fine, shall i just refuse an let her cry? I really really want TO exclusively breast feed her again. Thank you x

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fanjobiscuits · 06/09/2013 10:52

If your supply is low can you maybe express for a while first and feed that with a bottle before switching?

gretagrape · 06/09/2013 14:08

What medicine is she on? My son has been on 2 meds for reflux (Domperidone and Ranitidine) but they are just given by a dropper into his mouth 20 mins before feeding.

We are on formula now, but that's for other reasons - there wasn't any need for me to give up BF when I was giving these meds.

Might be worth asking your GP for different meds so you can carry on BF if that's what you would prefer anyway?

crikeybadger · 06/09/2013 14:42

Personally I would say that you may need a plan to reduce the formula gradually whilst increasing your supply.

Might be worth ringing one of the breastfeeding helplines to chat things through.Smile

minipie · 06/09/2013 14:51

Sounds like she has got used to the easier flow of the bottle and doesn't want to work harder at the breast. Kellymom has info on relactation which should help?

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