My DS is three weeks old and we are ebf. He is getting enough I think, he weighed 8 lbs 7 at birth but had dropped a little below 8 when we left the hospital. He had a Dr appt yesterday and was 9 lbs 9 (some of that was wet diaper though :)).
My issues are that it's still quite painful at times. Not nearly as bad in the beginning, but definitely pretty painful, at least right at first. I bf my older two and I feel like the pain was definitely better than this point.
We are still using shields. I used them with my older two as well and weaned off totally around a month. I'm using them for the pain and also because he seems to have trouble latching. He's latched on a few times without them but he gets very upset if it takes him too long and then it's almost impossible. I'm hoping to get off them soon, but the pain makes it hard to make too much effort to be honest.
As far as the pain goes, DS doesn't have much of a chin. (Inherited from my dad, I think 
). Because it's so small, he has quite an overbite, or seems to to me anyway. Could this be the cause of the pain? Any idea of how to make it better?
Also, when do they stop wanting to nurse all the time?! I've forgotten and I'm so tired.