Guys I really messed up. My 1 yr anniversary is this weekend, so my mother just watched the baby overnight while we went out. So she was being bottle fed for roughly 36 hrs. And I was just trying to put her to sleep but she was screaming crying at my breast so my husband got a bottle and she fell asleep almost instantly. Please help!! How do I get her to relatch. I’m crying. I feel terrible.
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I’ve found giving a little bit in a bottle when she is screaming helps calm her and then I put her to the breast after to finish the feed. I then try to feed her before she gets super hungry at the next feed and offer the breast first. Also stripping baby down to the nappy and doing skin to skin when they are calm then seeing if they’ll take the breast. It’s so frustrating and I always panic when she refuses after bottles but I have found with perseverance she does come back to the breast. Don’t beat yourself up and try to relax when you offer the breast ( as hard as it is) as baby will pick up on your stress and get frustrated too. Don’t be hard on yourself you are allowed a break