Breastfeeding

rcalkins11

My 3 week old daughter doesn't really nurse. Even in the hospital she had trouble latching on, when we got home it got even worse. She will do it for a little while, and then just stop. What I have been doing is pumping, and giving her the breast milk from the bottle. But I am missing the bonding of actually having her breastfeed. Any ideas? Any advice?

PB102012

When you were in the hospital did they try giving you a nursing shield to help with the latch? I have very flat nipples and the shield helped tremendously.

agentkitten75

christy32685 said:

When you were in the hospital did they try giving you a nursing shield to help with the latch? I have very flat nipples and the shield helped tremendously.

Hello, I'm new here and haven't intro'd yet. I also have flat nipples and my milk just got in today and was wondering how the nipple shield worked for you . I used it in the hospital ( we were there for a few days due to LO having low blood sugar ( I had GD) and then his inability to get a good meal. I used it with formula and ended up having to give him formula with a bottle. I. Hoping he can use the nipple shield and my milk in a bottle. I'd be interested in knowing any tips you may have. Thanks in advance!

ILMomma

Everyone has great advice but you should also post on the breastfeeding board.

PB102012

agentkitten75 said:

christy32685 said:

When you were in the hospital did they try giving you a nursing shield to help with the latch? I have very flat nipples and the shield helped tremendously.

Hello, I'm new here and haven't intro'd yet. I also have flat nipples and my milk just got in today and was wondering how the nipple shield worked for you . I used it in the hospital ( we were there for a few days due to LO having low blood sugar ( I had GD) and then his inability to get a good meal. I used it with formula and ended up having to give him formula with a bottle. I. Hoping he can use the nipple shield and my milk in a bottle. I'd be interested in knowing any tips you may have. Thanks in advance!

I used it every time and had great luck. LO would not feed without it. There are different sizes, the hospital fit me with one so I am not sure how to pick the right size. Also, I always expressed milk before latching LO so there was some milk waiting for her, this seemed to encourage her to suck. Hope that helps!! I agree with PP, post this on the breastfeeding boards as well, those women are wonderful and extremely helpful.

magdalina.h

MosyMama said:

Keep putting her to the breast when she's hungry and stop giving her bottles. See a LC to get the latch issue resolved and to see how much she is actually getting. She may be stopping when she's full.

I completely disagree with this. My dd had some breastfeeding issues in the beginning. I would try to latch her for 10 minutes and then finish with the bottle. It was a pain so I ended up not even trying to get her to latch. Randomly I tried to see if she would latch a month later and she did. She just needed to grow up to figure it out. However, my son also had latch issues and never latched on, no matter what I did. So make sure you're feeding your baby and try to work it out. If not, just snuggle baby close when you're bottle feeding.