Baby won't take the breast, what do I do?
I breast fed exclusively for 1 1/2 months. My baby is 3months and 2 weeks old now and I have been forced to supplement with formula. She hadn't gained a single oz after being home for a month and 1/2 so that's why. I'm not producing enough milk for her. She has trouble with my inverted nipples so I'm forced to used a breast shield which she hates. She rips it off of me. She refuses to latch properly. At that 1 1/2 mark, I decided to start exclusively pump and give her a bottle since the pump does a better job then she does. I've been trying to put her to the breast and nothing is working. She started to suck at first then realized it wasn't her usual bottle. I can tell, now that she's older that she has the ability to latch properly just from those few seconds but she starts crying bloody murder when she realizes what it is. What am I supposed to do?
Do I try to breast feed then when she doesn't, give her a bottle? Wait it out, let her cry then try again? Put her to the breast before each bottle? I can't get my milk to let down by hand express so there's no way for me to fill the shield with milk before I put it in her mouth to interest her. I tried. I just won't come down.
I just tried and she's crying. Everyone always says, put the baby down, take a break and then try again. But that's not the case with me. She so freaking pissed off now. I don't what to do. I feel like a piece or worthless shit. My body has failed me with my pregnancy and it's been failing me with milk production.
Do I try to breast feed then when she doesn't, give her a bottle? Wait it out, let her cry then try again? Put her to the breast before each bottle? I can't get my milk to let down by hand express so there's no way for me to fill the shield with milk before I put it in her mouth to interest her. I tried. I just won't come down.
I just tried and she's crying. Everyone always says, put the baby down, take a break and then try again. But that's not the case with me. She so freaking pissed off now. I don't what to do. I feel like a piece or worthless shit. My body has failed me with my pregnancy and it's been failing me with milk production.
Comments
With my son I would put on breast first then give bottle then top it off with breast again but now he won't even lach on but I also never got enough milk as much as I tired everything.