Amy jellybean congratulations on your beautiful baby. And welcome to the world of breast feeding! My DD is 11 months and the early days were hard for us in terms of breast feeding and settling. My DD didn't sleep at all in hospital or at home unless she was cuddled to sleep and held while she slept. I tried to fight that, insisting on putting her into her cot once asleep but she always stirred and cried then couldn't be settled. As all babies do, she grew out of that as she adjusted to life on the outside but next time around baby is sleeping on me!
As for the poo, as you noticed it changes so much when they're little. Green poo, frothy poo, compact poo... It's all normal!
You are doing an amazing job and you should be proud. Breast feeding is an incredible gift we bestow upon our children and it's the most natural thing in the world but that doesn't mean it isn't hard sometimes. Be proud and in time things will get better, always.
Amy Jellybean, it's great that you have a plan to go on with, and the right people around you as well. In those very difficult early days, i always felt better if I had a plan to follow, even though things kept changing and the plan had to be changed accordingly, every other day! FX a few days of pumping only on that side will help the nipple to heal.
Sorry ur having such a hard time, bf is hard and for me both girls i have had excellent latch everything fine but have ended up cracked bleeding and in lots of pain, no amount of lc help fixed it as theyve all been stumped when they watched thwm feed. The poos sound normal. Fwiw dd2 is 8mths and i still have a huge crack in my left breast that nothing ive done or been prescribed will heal and the right one has a small crack that too wont heal, but the pain stopped at about 10/11wks so ive just continued to bf. Ur doing a great job
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Help! 5 day old breastfed baby with water poo's
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