Just hoping to get a bit of support really as I've had a tough day!
My baby is 12 weeks and has been ebf but I feel at the point of jacking it all in. Just been to a baby group where all the little ones of a similar age are all feeding perfectly and it's making me a bit down. In contrast we've had problems from the start. Each time I think it's getting easier there is a new drama. Really struggled with latch for a while, then DD was diagnosed with tongue tie at six weeks and once that was sorted things started to improve albeit slowly. Feeding is no longer at all painful the problem now is getting her to feed at all. There is no pattern to it and she rarely signals that she is hungry. I offer the breast she goes crazy and screams before she has even gone anyway near it. This has been going on for weeks now. Eventually she will feed but often only after long gaps or only after I have wrestled her on. When she clearly isn't hungry I leave it but there have been times when she clearly desperately wants to eat but won't go near the breast! She also used to feed happily out and about but now it's virtually impossible to get her take a feed at all outside the house which is quite restrictive. It probably doesn't help that she is very long 97th percentile and 80th for weight and am very uncoordinated! Her weight gain is ok but I still find the huge gaps and the fear that she is about to stop feeding completely really stressful.
I'm guessing it's a phase but wondered if anyone else has gone through this?
Am going to loads of feeding clinics but they haven't been able to help. At a recent one the lady told me that it should be getting easier for me by now - which didn't do a lot to help me!
I don't want to stop just yet having gone this far but really could do with some reassurance that things will get better!