Sore nipples

How are exclusively breastfeeding mums dealing with sore nipples.

Help needed, please!

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Lots and lots of nipple cream. If you can afford it get the lanolin one because it's so much better than cheaper brands I think. Also when baby latches make sure they are getting a deep latch. It does get better. I'm breastfeeding my third. But even for me the first week or so was sooooo painful. Now it's near enough painless and my daughter is 3 weeks old.

I have the lanolin nipple cream. How often should I use it?

Also, he always has almost all the dark side of the boobs in his mouth when he latches. Is that deep enough?

Lanolin cream after every feed and I also use the silver nipple cups which seem to be helping. This is my 2nd time round bfeeding and forgot about the sore nipples in the beginning 🤪

Silverettes - an investment at first but honestly the best thing for sore nipples early on!

Oh thank you! I will get the silver nipple cups as well and use the lanolin after every feed x

Same issue here and I use the medela purelane cream. I will also try some warm compress over my boobs here and there to ease the hardness too as they can get hard and having to deal with both 😢but I’m hanging in there it will get better for all of us🤞

I wore the silver nipple cups all day everyday for the first week and they seemed to really help!

I used the silicone nipple shields…only needed them for a few days and seemed to help her with her latch and gave my nipples a well deserved break!

I have one of these already on order. Will be delivered today. Others have recommended the silver cups.

I used both along with the Lanolin cream…I’d have done anything to help with the pain in them first 3/5 days 🥴 but it really does get easier I’m almost three weeks in and coming out the other side lol

I just put the silicone nipple shields on to feed my LO and he tried to latch a few times.

Next thing I heard was the tantrum of all tantrums. He wasn't having it. I had to take it off and plead with him to calm down before taking off the shield to feed.

So, no to the shield lol x

Both this and last prenancy I used the lansinoh cream and Multi Mam sore nipple compresses (from Amazon) to help soothe cracked nipples. For the first few days I also rarely wore bras and tried to have nothing touching my nipples as even clothes would cause me pain. Breastfeeding is unfortunately usualy painful at the beginning but the pain could also be due to baby not latching deep enough. It's worth seeing if your hospital/area has some breastfeeding support that can check your baby's latch. If not, the Breastfeeding and Lactation Support UK group on Facebook has been a godsend for me as they have loads of info on breastfeeding and guides on latching. They also do latch checks if you write to their inbox!

Aw no 😫 silver cups and cream to the rescue🤞🏻…I know it can be difficult for some babies to adjust to the teats…my LG is a truffle pig and will try and get milk anywhere she can lol

Silver nipple cups. They aren't the cheapest but they have saved me. They are amazing. 2 weeks in and my nipples are now not as sore. I haven't used anything other than cups this time round and they are healing so much quicker. The pain was so intense when LO was latching (latch checked and it's all ok, I just have sensitive and easily cracked nipples) but it is getting better!

Got the silver nipple cups too , they are life changing. Big difference in just a day 🙌highly recommend.. got mine of of Amazon for just £20 and they’re just perfect. They’re called boboduck and you don’t have to spend a fortune

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

Over supply of milk

I am nearly 5weeks postpartum and I have such a big over supply of BM.
Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

Help meeee

!!All advice welcome!! My 5 month old (nearly 6mo) is just not sleeping . Not for naps and not at night . She can’t connect her cycles . We started sleep regression at 3 months but in like how is this nearly been going on for a further 3 months . Like surely not . She has 10 min naps in crib ( which take so much effort ) and maybe 20/30 min naps in my arms/pushchair . She wakes minimum every hour at night with guaranteed false start 20 mins in . I combo feed. I breastfeed her until almost asleep then place her in the next to me crib give her the pacifier and put my hand on her cheek/face for 20 seconds and she drifts off . It’s not really getting her to sleep that’s the issue it’s she just won’t stay asleep . She doesn’t even need to feed much at night usually 1-2 breastfeeds . The rest is comfort wakes needing her pacifier or my hand on her cheek . I’ve looked into sleep associations and independent sleep and I broke the feed to sleep association and rocking and do bedside comforting instead for most wakes which has now lead to my hand being a sleep association on her face . I’m just so exhausted my husband is working mon-fri 9-9 and it’s just me . I haven’t had more than 4 hours in a row since her birth . I can’t get anything done during the day . She is so clingy and cries if I leave room /put her down etc. I love her so much but we both need rest . If anyone has any tips or a routine that could help PLEASE tell me I’ll try anything 🥲❤️❤️

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