struggling a bit at the moment, DD has been very unsettled today, has not slept since about 7.30am for longer than half an hour. She was awake from 2.30am til 5am before that too.
She just seems so unhappy. She feeds, I try to burp her and put her down, but she screams almost straight away.
She's had a big vomit this morning (a massive amount - all down my clothes and to the floor) but she's still really unsettled. This is so difficult. How do I know what is wrong???
Sorry to hear of all the unsettled bubbas. Leon is seriously a dream baby at the moment, it's just my boobs getting me down. Anyone else having trouble with nipples? Mine are cracked, grazed and bleeding a bit and look like they have chunks missing I couldn't get Leon to attach early this morning as I was in agony, and also engorged so my midwife came to the rescue and got me to express the milk out while massaging the lumps. Anyway, gave him the expressed milk in a bottle and just cried while my grandma fed him. I really want to breastfeed and it's just getting me down not being able to. I think the best way to approach it is to keep expressing until my nipples heal a bit, but I'm worried he'll get used to the bottle and also it just really upsets me. Any other ideas of what I could do?
holly i had attachement issues this time due to engorgmentm i too had to express off a little to make it easier but the damage was done, took a few days of getting the attachment perfects and my nipples healed just fine., key is to make sure your nipple is lines up with his nose, big mouth and chin on boob first, this make sure his head to tilted back slightly, hope i havent confused you, :hug; hang in there though
Isn't it frustrating, something that is supposed to be so natural being so difficult.
My nipples have been tender too - not to the extent of yours I think but still sore. Do you have any Lansinoh?? Has worked wonders for me in only a few applications.
Also, what bottles are you using? My sister was bottle feeding for 3 weeks and got my niece onto the boob - she used a "special needs" teat by Medela I think, it has a sucking mechanism that is apparently more similar to the nipple.
Holly - I assure you, your nipples will feel better in no time. Then you will feed for ages just like I did with J. We had so many issues to start with, with J, then he fed till he weaned himself at 14 months. So it will work. Just don't let it upset you.
E has basically slept all day, so I am a bit concerned that I will be in for a looooong night. Oh well. Mum is coming over tomorrow, and she is staying for 4 or 5 days so that will be nice.
Meg- wish you didn't live so far would be great to bring the girls over! Ikwym bout quiet with 1, I said to Df today how stressed we were with just Ash and now just one would seem so much easier! Thats great your mum is coming over for few days, did your hubby get some time off work?
OP- How did your day end up, she settle more as the day went on? Its so hard to know what is wrong and what to do! Just try everything and anything and even sometimes that doesn't seem to work.
Holly- My boobs are so sore at moment with engorgement, they never got this bad with Ash. Its hard to attach because of it and then it hurts to feed and have to keep re trying.
AJP- How long did it take for your engorgement to settle? Its really getting me down at the moment.
Em been unsettled for last few hours on and off the boob, starts crying 5 mins after we put her down. Hopefully she'll settle soon and get a good night sleep, guess it much prefer it now than in middle night again. We've even got dummy out this time which did settle but once she loses it starts crying so whatever we do she gets so upset once we stop!
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I couldn't get Leon to attach early this morning as I was in agony, and also engorged so my midwife came to the rescue and got me to express the milk out while massaging the lumps. Anyway, gave him the expressed milk in a bottle and just cried while my grandma fed him. I really want to breastfeed and it's just getting me down not being able to. I think the best way to approach it is to keep expressing until my nipples heal a bit, but I'm worried he'll get used to the bottle and also it just really upsets me. Any other ideas of what I could do?
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