Hi, Im Jo, FTM. Emelia is 2 weeks old today and I am currently exclusivly BF her. She is latching great and we have no issues with the technique at all BUT... I am coming accross the following obstacles.
1) I cant keep my eyes open at midnight and 3am feeds... I'm so scared I'm going to fall asleep with her. I sit up right on the bed but my eyes still get so heavy.
2) We stayed at my parents to get a break for the weekend but with BF I didn't really get a chance to catch up on sleep. To make matters worse my mum used one ofmy neices dummys to quieten her whilst I slept... I was furious as I really dont want her to touch them if it can be helped.
3) Im getting alot of pressure put on me by family to express and bottle feed. "If you do that you can go out and we can feed her" I'm not interested in going out and I'm certainly not wanting to introduce teats yet.
I'm getting down because i am tired and fed up of the lack of support from my family
My target is 6 months exclusivly BF... has anyone of the champions done this? Can I get some support please.
I exclusively BFed for six months (we introduced solids ten days before she turned six months but these were just small spoonfuls in the beginning). My daughter is also bottle-resistant. She wouldn't take it, and that was it. So no, you do not have to express if you don't want to. Presumably it would help if you got sick or super-tired and wanted someone else to feed her, but you seem determined enough, so that's fine.
I've had the nastiest, most painful case of UTI, two cases of mastitis, a pretty wounded nipple and a cold and kept BFing as normal.
That said, if you do plan to introduce the bottle eventually, don't delay it for too long. I delayed introducing it for far too long (6/8 weeks) and by then it was too late. Didn't make any difference though. I love my daughter, a few "sacrifices" (big deal) are so worth it. So no, don't let anyone pressure you into doing things. Tell them to back off and leave you alone already.
Re night feeds, it's perfectly normal, I've experienced it, too. There were times I would hold her in my arms and my eyes would just close no matter how hard I'd fight it. The only thing I can tell you is hang on, it will get better eventually.
As for the soother, I tried to give my LO one the first month and she kept spitting it out. She only took an orthodontic, natural rubber soother when she turned four, and she is not dependent on it at all. We just use it occasionally for comfort/to help her fall asleep, but she will eventually spit it out. In any case, another baby's soother, no matter how well-washed or sterilised (they have to be sterilised before six months anyhow) in your LO's mouth is not a very good idea anyway.
I'm here if you have any more questions.
you can always have more than 1 champion on side. 
He will happily drink from breast but within ten minutes he will spit it up (but he doesn't really even spit it up it just leaks out) I tried mixing it with formula and the only way he will take it is 75% formula and 25% breast milk at the most. Why won't he take the breast milk? He has no problem with the formula
