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I'm having a breastfeeding meltdown please help me

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splendide · 23/12/2014 10:01

Ok I'm basically at the end of my tether.

DS is 8 weeks old and still feeding all day. As in can't go an hour usually unless he's in the pram with a dummy (if no dummy then he screams in the pram).

Last week he had a tongue tie cut but there doesn't seem to be much improvement. I thought he seemed a little more satisfied between feeds but Im not sure. Basically I cannot seem to satisfy him, he seems hungry all the time. Sometimes he cries in frustration at my breast. My supply seems to be shot.

Yesterday he was weighed and he's now maintained his weight for a couple of weeks and has dropped off the bottom of the chart. Have been referred to paediatrics for the weight issue.

If it's relevant I have PND and severe anxiety - maybe the stress is drying me out? I feel so bleak and hopeless. ive tried expressing but when can I? He's always attached to my boob. HV has advised formula top up but I don't know how to even do that. How much should I be giving? And when?

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Plateofcrumbs · 23/12/2014 18:33

4oz a day is nothing, if you want to get back to EBF from there it should be perfectly achievable. I was giving my DS 24oz a day at one point and we're now down to a little bottle at bedtime.

I know it's really hard work and there is no shame at all in saying 'enough is enough' if that is what you want to do, but don't feel like a couple of formula top ups mean failure, it is nothing!

splendide · 23/12/2014 18:46

I just hope it works! I have to get him weighed again on Monday, I'm so scared. I guess if he hasn't gained by then I'll just need to give him some more.

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callamia · 23/12/2014 19:06

You've absolutely not failed at all. Tongue-tie makes life so difficult, and your son sounds like he's doing just fine. He'll soon be piling on the pounds. I started off giving my son a bit of formula, and he didn't have tongue-tie - we had a different early problem. We got through it though, and you will too.

You're doing a wonderful job. I promise.

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