Breastfeeding or screaming - no in between
When it comes to our late afternoon and evening feeds, we seem to hit the same problem; he just won’t unlatch! Baby boy is 5 weeks and will just chew on my nipple, I assume to soothe, and if I ever try to take him off he screams. He’ll even be falling asleep and still hates it, and then won’t sleep at all!
Any one experienced something similar and know how to work around this? I’m sore and need a small bit of my evenings back!
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I have no advice, but I experienced the same. The exact reason why I quit breastfeeding at 5 weeks 5 days.. i couldn't keep up because I have a two year old toddler. I get help from the government here with formula, so I have not had to purchase any. He's 8 weeks now and a much happier baby. And more full. I believe my supply plummeted, and he was going through a growth spurt.
Not necessarily a supply thing. Im exclusively expressing milk so I know she has plenty and my baby has started doing this today too im so stressed
Yeah, sadly I don’t think it’s a supply thing and rather a behavioural type thing with us (I’m currently squirting milk lol).
He’ll sleep in the sling but it’s 8pm and I just don’t think either of us want to have to wear him. Perhaps that’s just what we’ve got to deal with now?
Sometimes my husband takes our 3.5 weeks old and would give her his little finger tip to suck on so she gets comfort without a constant feeding which is both horrendously tiring for me and for their tiny stomachs... I guess that is why people use dummies but since I didn't have one myself and feel it is such a strain to undo the habit... My first didn't have one either.
They also sometimes just need to.cluster feed...and that window from 5pm is never joke. Have you tried having them in a sling and do a bit of ricking/singing while doing your own stuff?
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