First of all - sorry - I know I've hardly stopped moaning about bfing since I had my baby three and a bit weeks ago but I am sure something is not right.
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He never comes off the breast by himself. If I left him there he would stay on for hours. I have to take him off.
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Moments after I take him off, he cries again and smacks his lips together like he's hungry. I put him back on... he won't come off by himself.
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He rarely sleeps; he has bags under his eyes poor lad.
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I bought the book Bestfeeding and read about a foremilk/ hindmilk imbalance and the symptoms of a baby with this describe him almost exactly, right down to his ridiculously runny / explosive poos (sorry if tmi). But their solution is to get him to stay on until he finishes all the hindmilk and comes off by himself. Which he never does.
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I have phoned NCT line and ABM line and neither of them really had much advice, NCT advised switch feeding but it didn't work, ABM just said to keep him on until he finished. He doesn't finish!!
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No one believes anything is wrong. Dh thinks I am obsessing and that I may have pnd. Mil, yesterday, finally agreed there may be something wrong. But suggested that the solution may end up being.... giving him formula for a few feeds and bf for the others so at least he gets foremilk and therefore some benefits of bfing. I would prefer not to do this but will as a last resort.
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I am going to a LLL drop in on Tuesday, but I can't wait until then really, I need someone to believe that there is something wrong, otherwise I'm going to start questioning my own sanity.
Please please please please someone tell me that I might have a point? And if anyone has any advice that isn't to put him on formula, please advise. Will he be all right until Tuesday without any additional feeds if my suspicions are right?
Sorry this is so ridiculously long!