Hi,

Congratulations on your new baby. What is she now? 11 days old? Just on her L-plates still. I wonder, how did the birth go? Is she full term? How big was she when she was born? Was she separated from you at all? Was she jaundiced? All these factors will have an impact on how your baby feeds.
Birth went extremely well, and bubs was up sucking straight away. We weren't seperated at all. No Jaundice.


It is just early days for her. Babies are born to breastfeed - and would if they could, but sometimes factors make it difficult. If we can work out why she is taking so long we can offer some suggestions to help. "Lazy" seems rather a harsh term for a newborn. (Sadly I often do hear hospital staff use this term)
The great thing is, you are keeping up your supply and she is getting fed. Pretty soon she will be feeding at the breast like her siblings did. Does she have both breasts or just one? Looking forward to your answers
I don't like the term 'lazy' either. And truth be told, she isn't lazy - she is just very slow. I have been swapping breasts in the middle of the feed just to see if she will start sucking harder/better from the other side: although there is still a fair bit of milk in the first side, and she would happily stay on the first side for the entire duration. She is much smaller (size) then any of her siblings ever were (she is 3kgs), and her mouth is much smaller; so I have thought that this may be the reason for her being slower, and that as she grows she will find it easier - I have very large nipples that she can barely fit in her mouth.

DH and I have decided that for the next few days at least (he is off work until monday) we will not use the bottle at all and see how she goes at night. We will decide from there what to do next.