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breastfeeding help....

mpmartinmpmartin member
in June 2012 Moms

2nd baby after many years, milk came in really slow, so husband starting giving lo formula in bottle, now lo wont even try to breastfeed.  I've been pumping milk and giving it to him in bottles, but now at 4 weeks (today), he isnt interested in nursing...now I have too much milk to stop and really don't want to...any ideas on trying to get him to latch on again? please help....

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Re: breastfeeding help....

  • anonsouthernbellanonsouthernbell member
    Make an appointment w. an LC...it is possible but you need to see someone ASAP...
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  • dragossoul84dragossoul84 member
    My milk didnt really come it at all so LO didnt want to latch since he was getting so little but one tip the LC gave me was to express a little milk so it was on my nipple and try to latch again.
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    Make an appointment w. an LC...it is possible but you need to see someone ASAP...

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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member

    There is a lot of info on kellymom.com about getting a bottle-fed baby to latch.

    Definitely see an LC, as soon as possible.  Good luck!

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  • mpmartinmpmartin member
    Thanks...I will contact a lc today!!!!
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  • jc0n15jc0n15 member
    What if you try using a nipple shield? I had a very hard time breastfeeding and still stuggling a little. But I found that when I gave her the normal bottle nipple she didn't want the breast. So I used the nipple shield for awhile and then took it off and she went on the breast from there.
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  • Frequent FlierFrequent Flier member

    I agree with PP.  Our baby was rejecting the breast for the bottle (I was pumping to up my supply) and I thought he had nipple confusion.  We saw a lactation-specialized dr. and she weighed him before and after BF-- he couldn't get hardly anything from the boob so that's why he was so frustrated and only wanted the bottle.  The doc gave me a nipple shield and some coaching to latch him better and his nursing is improving everyday.

    Hang in there and keep pumping until you can see the LC to keep up your supply.  My doc recommended pumping 6x every 24 hours for 10 min each side.  Good luck!

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  • MrsCAAMrsCAA member

    didnt read the other posts- sorry. But i had supply issues with DS#1 and had to formula feed some, and after a while he didnt want to BF. Tips that helped me (recommended by an LC)

    - use a wide mouth bottle to bottle feed, that helps the latch from getting lazy

    - once your milk is in good supply, then take one feeding and only offer the breast, if DS refused fine, a few minutes later when he was hungry again, offer the breast, and repeat. Eventually they do learn how to latch.

    - also once latched, doing the cross cradle hold and massaging/compressing the breast will help the milk come out faster and keep them sucking since its right there. (you wont have to do this forever)

    - also if you have a slower let down, then either pump or hand express until your let down starts.

    It took a couple wks but e were able to get rid of bottles and continued to BF for over a year. The earlier you start working on getting him back on the breast the easier it will be 

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