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Cleo's story is definitely inspiring
I have had a rough go with bf'ing both times, so I don't have much to say EXCEPT, trust your gut! If it doesn't feel right, don't do it or modify it. Ds1 wouldn't latch and my suspicion is it may have been in part because the nurses forced bottled formula on him almost immediately. Once he had the ease of that, he SCREAMED his head off at the boob! Like it was too much work (and this impatience/need for immediate gratification may just be his personality because he is still like that now lol). Ds2 was a different story, he bf'ed alllllll the time but would allllways fall asleep on my boob! I tried rousing him any way i could but it didn't work. I tried to pump & supplement but my supply was embarassingly low--found out long after I had a defective pump -.- in the end he became mostly formula fed and I would had express what i could into his bottle. I later supplemented with milk from a friend with a baby close in age (she was a milk machine!).
Last thing i'll say on that is to get bottles with low flow nipples if you can. If he has to work for it he may opt for the boob.
Kiwi any update?
I have had a rough go with bf'ing both times, so I don't have much to say EXCEPT, trust your gut! If it doesn't feel right, don't do it or modify it. Ds1 wouldn't latch and my suspicion is it may have been in part because the nurses forced bottled formula on him almost immediately. Once he had the ease of that, he SCREAMED his head off at the boob! Like it was too much work (and this impatience/need for immediate gratification may just be his personality because he is still like that now lol). Ds2 was a different story, he bf'ed alllllll the time but would allllways fall asleep on my boob! I tried rousing him any way i could but it didn't work. I tried to pump & supplement but my supply was embarassingly low--found out long after I had a defective pump -.- in the end he became mostly formula fed and I would had express what i could into his bottle. I later supplemented with milk from a friend with a baby close in age (she was a milk machine!).
Last thing i'll say on that is to get bottles with low flow nipples if you can. If he has to work for it he may opt for the boob.
Kiwi any update?