Witching hours making me want to give up ebf

My three week old has had a tongue tie which we’ve had divided but there’s still some restriction. We’re having it looked at again tomorrow. Every evening from 5-10pm he wants to be on my boobs and for the last few nights I’ve seriously considered giving up ebf because of the pain. He’s putting on weight and has plenty of dirty nappies but it’s more how it makes me feel. Also means I miss out on my toddlers bedtime. I want to start introducing the occasional bottle but not sure if its too early as we’re still working out breastfeeding. Feeling very sleep deprived and not sure what to do.

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I introduced bottle on week 2, xtra slow flow lansinoh test, had no issues with switching and I give 2 bottles a day so I get a break. But every baby is different and may not take it/ prefer the bottle.
I honestly would have gave up breastfeeding at all if I diddnt do it however

I introduced a bottle in the first week that our baby was born. I'm breastfeeding and just pump once a day to be able to give her a bottle and it just takes a little bit of the pressure away!
Just make sure you're using the slow flow bottles and look into pace feeding which is supposed to mimic breast feeding 🙂

As Holly said above every baby is different but my baby has no problem taking a bottle and is still taking the boob no issues too!

Good luck lovely it's bloody hard work sometimes isn't it!

My son had a tongue tie and wasn't latching to my breasts so we had to introduce a bottle from day 1. Since he had it divided he takes breast and bottle (still some issues with breast due to oral restriction but taking both no problem). We use Lansinoh extra slow flow (size 1 xs)

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