Breastfeeding still sore at 11 weeks

I'm looking for some reassurance that things can get better, my baby boy is 11 weeks old and his latch is still so bad and shallow! I'm still struggling with sore nipple's and I really don't know what to do. I'm in the UK so have been to the feeding team multiple times, I have had him checked for tongue tie as my first was and cause alot of issues for me until it was snipped. The infant feeding team have referred me on the NHS for his tongue to be checked as a second opinion but if I'm honest I just think he has a really shallow latch and I have tried everything and cannot get him to open wide enough and even if on the odd time I do he just pulls back, I'm so fed up of feeling uncomfortable during feeds and then feeling super sore after, he's also recently started to mess around at the boob and push my boob away during feeds and keeps pulling himself off and on again so definitely not helping! He sleeps through the night so I get some relief then but he feeds alot during the day, he's a big boy and is gaining and growing loads so no concern with in take. I'm just so at a loss and really not enjoying my breastfeeding journey, I will refuse to go to bottles etc so I will push through, I'm just hoping that someone has had similar and they one day it just got comfortable for them?

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Have you tried nipple creams at all? Lansinoh Lanolin Nipple Cream is my favorite. I use it for my lips as chapstick too.

We did eventually get tie releases that helped but overall my LG was just really small and therefore had a small mouth and shallow latch. It DID get better eventually!! You got this!

I had an issue that my boy was cluster feeding and made my nipples so sore I got some silverettes they worked wonders all the creams did nothing but these help heal them up in about 2 days. And I use them everynow and then as soon as they start to feel slightly sore.

Tbh id get a full feeding assessment by an IBCLC lactation consultant. Ideally in person (otherwise Lucy Webber does online ones…). It’s not super cheap but so worth it. Lactation consultants won’t just look at the first minute or so, but at the full feed.

Also look at this post re his age

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9mmCPutCNr/?igsh=MWZ4MnpxdzV3bGx3ZQ==

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