Screams at breast, but not bottle

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My 8 week old baby is exclusively breast feeding. We've had problem after problem. Oversupply, fast let down, mastitis (x3), acid reflux, PUPPs rash covering the whole of both boobs. It's not been easy.

I thought we'd finally got there, it had finally become easy when we hit 7 weeks. Aaand then week 8 happened. The past 3 days he's barely fed, every time I latch him on he screams and cries, pulls off after a matter of seconds, his reflux has got way worse and he's throwing up constantly. He's barely fed for 3 days due to this, in despair I just pumped a bottle and gave it to him and he guzzled it. No tears. No fussing. Happy and content.

Why is he fine with a bottle and not me? I'm shooting the over active let down into a muslin as always.

My DD was like this, she had silent reflux (which was actually a dairy allergy) and it was painful for her to breastfeed as she was lying more flat, whereas when bottle feeding I held her upright more and she was comfortable x

Thanks @norbert23 I've tried some more upright breastfeeding positions but to no success. Not sure what to do as I really don't want to give up BF

That sounds really hard. How's his weight gain been so far?

Could it be teething already? Just wondering if his mouth is sore breast and bottle must feel different.
Otherwise- maybe a nursing strike? Have you looked on Kelly mom or la Leche League website as lots of good ideas there.
Maybe you could try using a nipple shield to replicate the feel of a bottle teat at your breast to see if that changes anything?

if it reflux i heard about this maybe ask the health worker about it

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if your over producing have you tried expressing some before feeding them.