Considering quitting breastfeeding

I’m having a bit of a breakdown girls🤣
Baby girl is 2 weeks old today & I’m really struggling with breastfeeding. Baby has had her tongue tie snipped today but she’s still struggling to feed and im literally at the edge with it all mentally. She’s still really underweight so I have lots of pressure to get her weight up as fast as I can. (Still 6lbs 4oz, remained the same since day 5).

Baby is either on the boob for 6 hours straight (where she cant get enough milk) or she’s screaming at the boob and refusing it, but constantly eating her hands and looking for nipple as if she’s starving. My supply has really dropped and I’m hardly pumping anything so I don’t really have bottles to give her. I’ve followed all the advice from the breastfeeding clinics and done everything I can to increase my supply and try my best to calm baby down. I’m just shattered and don’t think I can take it anymore.

It’s causing me and my partner to argue because I haven’t slept since she’s been born and he’s not been the most supportive. Anything I say he gets all defensive and says he’s tired too (even though he sleeps through), he then says “it’s not a competition, you don’t appreciate what I do). During an argument today I’ve told him to go to the shops and buy formula because I can’t take this anymore.

What is your advice? Have you been in this situation & just stuck with it & come out at the other end? Does it get better?
Or did you switch to bottles & get better from there?
I know it’s all a very personal thing but I’m just so torn on what to do.
I reallyyy had my heart set on breast feeding but I’m really hating it right now.

in our community

Nursery consumables

We pay £20 a day extra on a funded day (10 hours a day) it’s £10 for consumables and £10 enhanced provision. It’s all itemised on the invoice and 25p an hour is nappies and 75p and hour food, my son hasn’t worn nappies for months and nursery have also stopped the morning snack without making it common knowledge but the price hasn’t changed. The enhanced provision they have said covers things such as using bikes, hi viz jackets, drinks such as cows milk, sensory play, painting aprons etc they have literally covered everything in suprised they haven’t charged for the air they’re breathing in there 😅 all of the above I believe are covered in the core element of EYFS and shouldn’t be charged extra for?!

Colostrum

Started harvesting my colostrum last night. I managed to get 1ml from one breast (could’ve collected more but as it was my first time I didn’t want to overdo it) but when I went to collect from the other breast I got nothing, only a little drop. Is it normal to get more colostrum in one breast than the other?

Maxi Cosi Car Seat

Is this normal for the Maxi Cosi Pebble 360 car seat to rattle like this? The base is sturdy and all green tabs are showing, it’s just the car seat that feels loose!

My 7 week 2 day old baby has been getting bogeys for about 2 weeks however in the last few days has been quite snotty,

then last night he has been breathing heavy and we can hear how congested he is.

We have tried using a sucker which works for a couple of minutes but then comes back. He is quite chesty, and we can feel the raspyness on his chest and back.

Will be hopefully getting a GP appointment today but just wanted to see if it’s happening to any else’s baby at the moment and how you helped them 🥹 He is currently sleeping on my chest because he has been struggling on his back and was so tired from last night.

Pram vs boot.

I need some help. I have a lil Fiat 500, I absolutely adore my car, and I really really dont want to have to get a new car. but my partner is saying there's no way im gonna find a pram that will fit in my boot 😭 does anyone have a fiat 500 and what pram do you have thay fits in the boot? 🤍

Overnight nappy recommendations?

My boy is a heavy night wetter and sleeps on his tummy.
He's 6 months and in size 4 nappies.
He wakes for 1 or 2 bottles and goes back down easy, unless we change his nappy, then he's harder to get back to sleep.
We've tried, pampers + and the pampers nappy pants. What are all the boy mumma's using for overnight nappies?
Obviously I'm not letting him wet through and I change him in the night but just wondering if theres a better nappy for overnight so we all get better sleep.