Hi there,

DS is 1 month old tomorrow and we are still working on attachment. We start on the breast and when the feed is unsuccessful which is 95% of the time (goes to sleep or throws himself off and refuses to go back on) we end on the bottle (EBM) to ensure he is gaining weight. Then I express to make more EBM. The whole cycle takes about 1.5 hours (including burping, changing and washing the equipment). We do this every 3 hours. It gets a bit frustrating as I only have 1.5 hours to leave the house and get back so I have access to the breast pump.

We are working with LCs at the hospital and have weekly appointments. One LC and and a few BB members have told me that it does get better maybe around the 4-6 week mark. Other LCs have said there isn't a magic age but it gets better in the bubs own time.

I still feel in a grey area of not knowing if I should just be and exclusive expresser, move onto formula or continue in the hope there is improvement just around the corner.

If you had difficulties with attachment when did it get better for you, or did it? Was there any tricks or was it more to do with your bubs age?