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she's rejecting the boob!.... sometimes :/

Angel0423Angel0423
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My 11 week baby girl is with daddy everyday while I work fulltime. I nurse in the morning, evening when I get home, and all night feedings. Daddy feeds baby ebm from a bottle when I'm at work. Recently she's not wanted to nurse in the daytime when I'm home on the weekends. I think she's gotten used to daytime feeds with daddy. Is it worth it to push the breast on weekends or should I just let her stick with the routine? I love nursing and would prefer not to pump on weekends, but don't want to disrupt her pattern unnecessarily. Like I said, she's still happy to nurse morning, evening, and night.
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    rosiemommarosiemomma member

    keep offering the breast! When you are home offer it very frequently even if you aren't sure if she will take it. Offer lots of skin-to-skin contact and don't pressure baby into nursing. Don't offer bottles when you are with baby just the breast. It is important to remember to feed baby with only a newborn low-flow nipple and in a similar breast-feeding manner,  like holding baby close and cradled offering the bottle slowly and adding comfort from a pacifier during feeding this will  slow down the bottle and give baby a more rhythmic nursing pattern with the bottle and help her not prefer it. 

    here read this:

    https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bottle-feeding.html

    https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html 


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    jennasitajennasita member

    I did the same thing with my son last year. He bf when I was home and bottle fed breast milk w/dad while I was at work.

    I would just keep trying on the weekends. That's how you'll re-up your supply for during the week. Sometimes babies go on nursing strikes, but they always get over them. Just keep doing what you're doing and don't give up on her.

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    imagerosiemomma:

    keep offering the breast! When you are home offer it very frequently even if you aren't sure if she will take it. Offer lots of skin-to-skin contact and don't pressure baby into nursing. Don't offer bottles when you are with baby just the breast. It is important to remember to feed baby with only a newborn low-flow nipple and in a similar breast-feeding manner,  like holding baby close and cradled offering the bottle slowly and adding comfort from a pacifier during feeding this will  slow down the bottle and give baby a more rhythmic nursing pattern with the bottle and help her not prefer it. 

    here read this:

    https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bottle-feeding.html

    https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html 

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