Hi,
Asking on behalf of my partner. We have just had our second child and after one week of breastfeeding have hit a real wall. Everything was going pretty well, admittedly feeding was only off one breast but our DD was on for an hour. My partner was expressing using a pump and last night to give her a night time break, I have DD a feed on expressed milk from the bottle. She was cranky throughout the experience but did get most of it down her. Today however, absolute refusal to take the breast. She'll lick it, give a half assed suck and then get stressed and cry.
Personally, I'm not worried as our DS was formula fed and is a robust young boy who is hitting all his development targets. However, it is having a massive impact on my partners mental health as she really wanted to breastfeed and feels like she has lost a key bonding experience with her daughter.
Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get a baby to re-engage with the breast.