I am desperate for help! DS is 4 weeks old, and I have been breastfeeding + expressed BM feeding. DS had a TT and his latch wasn't good so my nipples were really badly damaged (bits missing, bleeding etc). About 2 weeks ago, after his TT got snipped, I started using a nipple shield for every feed, to see if it would help my nipples heal as I couldn't bear the thought of breastfeeding anymore. About a week later my nipples were better so I wanted to wean him off the nipple shield. I was sort of successful in that he will now take the breast at the beginning of a feed. However for the past two days, he's been feeding NON STOP. This is new as previously he would feed every 2.5 to 3 hours. I am exhausted. He will feed for 10 minutes then fall asleep, then if I take him off the breast he starts crying and screaming. Previously he would feed for 40 minutes to an hour, with the help of the nipple shield.
I think it could be because he's used to the nipple shield + bottle which are obviously easier... but what do I do?? I want to continue breast feeding but I cannot spend another day feeding him 24 hours a day!