My DD will be a month old on June 7 and I started breastfeeding right after delivery. She did tremendous and latched right away while I was in the recovery room from my c section. She's been doing great and although I do nurse a lot, I also use my breast pump and give her bottles of breastmilk at times and we also supplement with formula as my body tries to catch up and produce enough for her demand. She has done extremely well switching back and forth from breastmilk and formula as well as from breast to bottle but after any bottle feeding she gets extremely anxious and is constantly "rooting" and looking for my breast. She won't stop crying and getting mad until I let her nurse, even though she's full after having a good size bottle. I get that it's soothing for her and helps her relax/sleep. But I feel like I can't seem to even leave the house for a couple of hours without her. My husband ends up calling me asking me to come back because he doesn't know what else to do. The second I get home and nurses, she'll fall asleep within 10 minutes. I'm stressed because I don't know how well this will go over when I go back to work. I've decided to try to maybe get her off the breast now and just give bottles of expressed milk. But how do I get her past this stage of anger and anxiety until she gets used to it? Anyone have suggestions? I'm desperate!!!
Re: Help! My baby is inconsolable unless I nurse her!
@kateandsiah she takes the pacifier very sparingly only when she wants to. Most of the time she spits it out. When she does take it it's only for about 10 min or so.
Hubby got her a new pacifier today since she didn't take the first 1 and she started to take it, i'm hoping this will be substitute!
2. Have any of you considered that baby might have reflux? This is my third reflux baby and they all comfort nurse to keep the acid down. You might want to look up reflux and see if any other symptoms match.