Feeding with a shield

[HGE142014]

Greetings,

Im Gareth and using the site with regards for my wife Helen. Our baby Evie was born on Tuesday 14th! Jan :)

Helen has suffered with breastfeeding over the last 48 hours with sore and bleeding nipples and was advised by the midwife to try using nipple shields. They have helped her out a treat for the last 8 hours with feeding. But we can't seem to get Evie in a deep sleep to make her sleep in a Moses Basket as the last 2x nights had her on Helens chest. She wants to feed almost every hour give or take. We know its only early days yet and as new parents a lot to learn.

Before the midwife left today she swaddled Evie and she went to sleep for a few hours in her Moses basket. We can't seem to re-create that again.

Any advice would be welcome.

Tomcat can you recommend me a swing?

Rock rushed lizard,

It's only one of her nipples that are bleeding due to a poor latch before we stared using the shields. But as Evie has been sucking on demand so much she can't seem to heal properly.

And what does LLL mean?

We got a fisher price one that rocked both side to side and forwards....can pick one up on ebay and gumtree for a good price usually as she might not like it! I would have to rock him to the same motion in my arms and then gently lower him in. My god that was 7 years ago and I'm about to do it all again!!

I think LLL is la leche league...breast feeding experts but someone who knows for sure will be along in a minute.

Alternatively...just thinking back to hands free soothing...have you tried a sling? Maybe something like a moby wrap?

We have just taken her outside for the first time in the buggy 11:15am and just got back and she's fast asleep!!! Will look at fisher price swings then! She likes to be rocked forward and backwards

I've remembered the other point I was going to make last post .....

If she's unsettled, try lying her along your arm, head towards elbow and gently lift up and down (sort of rocking but up and down instead of side to side). Can't remember why it works, but it certainly seems to. It's great for wind too

We shall try the sling today! At the moment we have found swaying the car seat works a treat but will invest in a swing