DC2 is 4 weeks old and is EBF. We're doing well so far and he's gaining weight but I am finding BF really difficult.
DC1 was amazing at BF and latched on immediately and was a really efficient feeder (probably due to her reflux) and we managed to get to just over 1yo with our BF journey.
DC2 wouldn't latch straight away and I thought this might be because he was tired after the birth because we managed to get there after a couple of hours. Sometimes he is excellent at feeding - generally when he wakes up from a good sleep but if he is tired mostly before he needs to go to sleep her gets so fussy, is on and off the boob and gets himself so flustered he just can't latch due to crying. I'm finding it really hard and frustrating and not quite sure how to help him and in the evenings its especially bad (the witching hours are a bitch!) Most of the time DH has to take him to calm him down because I can't seem to do it (maybe he can smell the milk?)
DS also clicks sometimes when he feeds and I spoke to my HV about it. She checked and said he has a very slight tongue tie but because he is gaining weight, nappies are normal and its not sore to me to feed to take him off the boob when he clicks and let him latch properly to train the muscles in his mouth. I've tried this and he just gets flustered and then won't latch again and the more tired he becomes the more stressful it is. I've just been persevering but I'm worried I'm going to screw myself over with not taking him off and sorting his latch. I'm just not sure what to do and it's getting me down. I also got mastitis 2 weeks ago and I'm terrified to take him off when he is tired incase he won't latch again and then I get mastitis again. I know a lot of people on MN will say get the tongue tie sorted but what can I do if the HV won't refer me? Is there something else I can do make feeding easier?