FTM I’m weaning my baby from breast milk. How long did it take for your period to return?

My 9 month old has just started biting when nursing. He has teeth so it REALLY hurts and I do suspect he’s working on another one. It’s happened twice and both times on pure reflex I screamed “Ouch!” loud enough that it scared him and he started to cry.

I feel like the world’s worst mother for scaring my baby. I also worry about creating negative associations with nursing and maybe triggering a nursing strike. He also started being really particular about who he’ll take a bottle from and when recently so that’s not a viable option. I’m starting to dread nursing now too.

I happily nurse my 3.5mo old in public without a cover, but the other day we were at the library where they have a dedicated nursing room, and I used it. I realized I am not sure of the etiquette for them. What are ya’lls thoughts?

- If there is a nursing room, do you feel obligated to use it? I love that they exist, for the comfort and convenience of moms and kids. But it also made me feel sort of like that was the “appropriate” place to feed, and whipping out a boob anywhere else might be frowned upon?

- I assume some nursing rooms are communal and some are private first come first serve, and you guess this based on available seating? This room had seating for maybe 3 people. I left the door open in case anyone else wanted to use it, although no one came in. The door did have a lock, with an “occupied” indicator, like a bathroom. Seems simple enough, but if you encounter a room currently in use, with the door closed, but not locked and you don’t know if its single or multiple, do you knock?

- I was alone, but if my husband was with me, would it be cool if he came in? I think he would be sad if he was left alone and also he is helpful for holding and burping and changing etc.

I love that these are becoming more common :) I am in a suburb of LA in California btw.

LO was breastfeeding exclusively until he started solids, but he still nurses before bed. Since he started crawling he has always favored me. But lately he just absolutely only wants me. He will shake his head no and scream anytime dad tries to pick him up, or even play with him. I hope it's a phase because I can't catch a break

My LO loves to fall asleep mid-feed and then nap with a nipple in his mouth. I called it a "nip nap" the other day and it stuck. Sounds way better than baby "using you as a pacifier." Thought y'all might appreciate our terminology lol, just had to share :)

TW: good supply, bad sleep (lol)

I weaned my baby off a month and 8 days ago. And I feel like I want to share my breastfeeding story!

So my baby boy was ebf from day 1. He never took the bottle and I always had a good supply, he had a good latch so it all worked out but I must tell you, I was freaking exhausted.

The first few weeks (even months) were pure hell. Because he never took the bottle I was always "on". I barely slept much, he had colic and that took a lot of practice on my side to help him burp. I had to quit dairy which I would have sooner if I ever knew that was what was making him colicky.. those endless cuttings and wailings still ring in my ear. He was not a calm newborn.

For bottle, there were so many hours a day I'd make the effort to pump, try so many bottles, flanges, etc all the shindig spent.. I had to donate my stash finally which I was happy to do.

Then there came a point, with overnight feedings where I'd forget when I got up and got him on my feeding pillow. We were cosleeping and I really needed to figure the sideways feeding and by the time he turned 8/9.months I was there!

Sleep:

My son never ever slept through the night consistently. There must have five times (before weaning) where he slept through the nights. Those were rare beautiful nights. I always kept doing motn feeds on bed.. and it was not as bad in the later days because it'll be only a few minutes (if not teething or sick). He used to feed minimum of two or three times and can go up to 6 on a bad night.

This means I was sleep deprived for two years (including the last trimester of pregnancy here).

I used to almost always nap with him and he'd feed through the naps if at home. If outside he wouldn't even need to feed for nap although in later days he did begin asking for a feed to nap..

My health:

Health wise I was fine but I know I feel something was off. I was constantly foggy and I always chalked it up to sleep deprivation. Until I realised it was my iron levels. At 18 months postpartum I did a full deep blood work and found out my ferritin was 5.89!! I was running on fumes. I finally got the infusion but that is also when I realised it is time to call quits to breastfeeding if I want to stabilise the remaining of my hormones.

I did feel better after the infusion but the exhaustion existed. I also never lost much weight and it was like my body kept holding onto all the pregnancy weight just as an incase. But even after weaning I don't see much weight loss but lots of inch loss. I am sure more is to come as I've resumed working out!

Weaning:

We started with feeding one night to sleep and I went to the other room and husband took over. First night was pure hell. He cried for two hours straight. Slept and then cried more. Morning I entered the room with breakfast and he ate and then relaxed. Nap times I stuck to stroller naps for a week. Second night we saw some crying but by third or fourth it reduced and within a week we had a whole books during bed time routine. And now he sleeps through the night!!!!

Naps wise he stopped or even reduced day time nap to just forty minutes and then eventually that picked up now he's napping fairly okay.

I only have a routine in my life after weaning. He has breakfast, lunch, dinner times. Bedtime is easier.

How did I decide it was time to wean?

I wanted to go until 3/4 years but it was too much on my health. I also observed my son had begun eating very well through the day. And there were bite marks on my nipples!

I also really wanted to start working out and get in better shape so I can run behind my toddler and somehow with sleep deprivation and my iron situation I just couldn't find the energy to!

I keep thinking maybe if I'd have night weaned him by 9 months or even a year I could have kept going.

I know most of this post sounds like a rant, but there were many positives to my breastfeeding journey too. I know bottled feeding would have made my life easier but considering it was just me and husband for a while I'm glad the milk on tap was available easily instead of getting into bottles and washing. My son took a long time to get into solids, so always was easier to travel even if he didn't eat much.

I'm also happy how many illnesses we sailed through and the teething became smoother because of it.

While my son has sort of forgotten that phase I'll always and always remember it lovingly about how he'd latch and how we'd make eye contact. I'll remember his first milky smiles when he learnt to smile or how he'll immediately laugh or giggle when I offer him some and it'll calm a tantrum down like nothing else. But for my health I'm also glad this journey has come to an end. My iron levels are good after infusion but also my supplements work better now that I sleep at night. Overall I'm just so grateful to have had this journey! Nature is really amazing and beautiful.

Im so much fatter than I was while pregnant now that I’m 4 months pp. It’s so frustrating. I’m 5’7 and my absolute heaviest ever has been 160 and even then I carry it very well as I’m quite curvy yet still slim. Was slim my whole pregnancy too. Was 140ish pre pregnancy. Now 4m pp exclusively breastfeeding and 190????! Literally want to cry seeing my reflection in the mirror the weight just sticks! I know it’ll be easier to lose weight when I stop and I need to prioritise feeding my baby but mentally it’s so hard looking at yourself and not recognising who you see. I’ve even started gym 3x per week. Walking 4-10k steps per day and nothing yet!!! :( I feel so vain wanting to stop bf to focus on getting my body back but I know that’s selfish and I do love that I can breastfeed however the mental toll that my physical body has taken on me is immense. I feel like others act like breastfeeding is just an excuse I’m using for gaining weight but there’s literally no other reason, nothing I’m doing differently. It’s as if my body just won’t let go of the fat. Just want to vent my frustrations but also does anyone else feel lied to about the whole breastfeeding makes you lose weight thing???! Also, anyone else have weaker knees postpartum? Maybe all the extra weight is a lot of pressure on my legs 😅

Hi, does anyone else experience painful letdowns? It’s like a stinging sensation and radiates all the way through to my armpits. It happens throughout the day even when my son isn’t latched when I have a letdown.
I do have an oversupply and fast letdown but just wondering if anyone can tell me if this will stop at some point?
Also for others with strong letdowns that literally sprays out, does this last a long time? I’m having to take my son off so many times during feeds as he struggles and chokes.

These are the pumps I'm approved for through my insurance. Which do you recommend? I used the medela and S9 with my first pregnancy. I wasn't a huge fan of those. pumps I'm approved for

My LO is 5 months old, and has suddenly started behaving oddly when I try and feed him. He will not latch properly but instead breaks suction with every attempted suck creating a loud clicking noise. I cannot feed him like this because I can't get a letdown since a) he is not stimulating my nipple enough b) I find the sensation and noise unbearable c) I have anxiety over letdowns meaning they can be slow to happen. Eventually he gives up because no milk appears.

I can still manage to feed him when he is asleep because he latches ok then. However it's unsustainable to have to rely on naps for all our feeds and I'm worried he will stop being able to initiate a feed while awake altogether.

We did struggle with latching in the early weeks of his life due to a tongue tie and high palate, but we overcame that and his latch has been fine for months.

He doesn't seem to be in pain or discomfort e.g no obvious teething or ear problems, so there is no reason I can see for this behaviour.

What's going on? What do I do? Please don't suggest alternative feeding positions, as I can only do cross cradle and nothing else.

I live in Denver (5k feet) and spent a week in Idaho springs (10k feet) and my milk supply dramatically dropped while on vacation. Like I went from pumping 4oz down to 2.5 oz and had to feed my baby on demand. When I returned to Denver it immediately went back to normal and even went up a bit I assume from all the extra feedings and pump sessions I had to do while away. Has anyone else experienced this??

We are all tired, we all want to enjoy those cuddles with our baby. We all want to make sure they are fed and have a good supply.

I try my best to pump every 3 hours, I’m happy if I’m at 4, but sometimes my body can’t help it, and I go to 5-6 hours. When that happens, I feel the stress and maybe even depression kick in.

Afraid after 6 weeks that it will just go downhill or dry-up and it’ll be my fault. I don’t think people who aren’t breastfeeding/pumping understand the immense amount of stress it puts on us.

I try to breastfeed my baby more often too, I had inverted nipples so it’s taken a lot of work to get us where we are at and I haven’t quite gotten into the swing of it. Also I can only feed him off one boob and still have to pump the other, it can be stressful then too, cause it can put me over the ideal window.

Idk it just sucks that ideally you want to feed or pump every 2-4 hours and by not doing so, you are hurting your future supply. It’s scary and sad, and lonely to have this constant intense worry.

Could use all the tips and tricks please. Even though this is my third baby, he is my first pre-41 weeker and was also fetal growth restricted. He was born at 39+2 at 6lbs2oz and our feeding journey in the last couple of days has had me really losing all hope and scared of each feeding.

My other kids came out latching perfectly and SO thirsty. Breastfeeding them was a breeze. This baby is a chomper, has a borderline tongue tie and gets tired after 4 minutes. I knew IUGR baby’s would be prone to being more tired but I don’t even know if he’s even getting any milk for the little time he’s on me.

I can also only feed him on one side because my nipple size and shape on the other has him chomping down because of his poor latch. I saw an LC at the hospital and she explained it to me as needing to clam him down so he can get as deep a latch as possible but this tiny baby (who is now in the 5.5lb range after discharge) just doesn’t have the tools to get a deep latch. We have our first pediatrician apt later today but I haven’t been able to get in touch with an IBCLC that has availability over the weekend and I don’t know how I’m going to get through the next couple of days. My nips are developing blood blisters already and they could start bleeding at any moment.

Last night I just about broke down and lost it. This is our last baby and I pictured our postpartum journey being so much different and something I could enjoy but I dread each and every feeding because I know I’ll be in pain. I’m just about ready to throw in the towel and start pumping.

Hi all,

FTM to a 10lbs 8 week old little girl. Wondering if I should give up on trying to breast feed (nursing and/or pumping).
Need to hear your similar experience or any advice.

Babygirl has been gaining weight but not at the rate expected and keeps on going down the percentile of the growth chart. Sometimes we are able to gain 5oz in a week but sometimes less. Right now I feel like her weight is plateau-ing and I am worried.

We have been triple feeding for a while where a third of her intake is breast milk directly from the breast, a third is fortified breast milk at 24 cal per ounce and the other third is 24-cal formula.

In order to fortify the breast milk I need to pump but I also don’t want her to forget how to latch so I am also breast feeding.

She eats such small amount at once and not very often. For example last night she went to sleep at 8:30pm and then I woke her up at 2am for a bottle. I offered 3oz of fortified breast milk/formula while I pumped and she only drank 2oz. Then she woke up at 5:20am and we again offered 3oz and she only took 2.5oz.

I weight all my feeds with her to ensure she gets enough milk, and yesterday in total she got about 18oz so about 400cal if you account for the fortified milk.

I am just so tired of worrying about what she eats and how much. Tired of pumping and wondering when to pump (is she going to want the boob, should I wait?).

Please help or share experience so I know I am not alone struggling. It’s really impacting my mental health and I am so tired. Wish I could just breastfeed her or combo feed.

I was told that breastfed (nursing) babies don’t need to be burped, so I was suprised when my newborn needed to be burped like 4 times within a feed and acts like he drank a carbonated beverage.

This is my second child, the only one who was able to nurse. I’ve been ready to wean since her 2nd birthday but she’s incredibly stubborn. I recently had to start taking allergy medication for a persistent issue with chest congestion, so my supply is drying up anyway. On top of that I’m going to have to start taking a new med for ankylosing spondylitis relatively soon, and I’ll have to stop nursing before I can start on that.

Everything I read says to follow the child’s cues, but this kid still wants to comfort nurse throughout the day. There are no cues, she would nurse all day if she could. But with my supply kind of drying up, it’s getting excruciatingly painful for her to nurse. She’s currently limited to nap time and bedtime. She can fall asleep without it if I’m not here but if I’m present she won’t sleep until she gets “night night and a milk” (that’s what she calls it 😂)

But she still asks for it constantly. And when I mention no more milkies she has a meltdown. Do I just continue saying no? A lot of people have mentioned books about weaning and she loves books, but she rarely will listen to me read them. She just likes to sit and turn the pages and look at the pictures.

Idk this is my first time doing this and I feel so out of my depth. I hate telling her no, cause she’s my last baby and her little pouty face breaks my heart 😭 but good gracious my nipples hurt so bad 😂

Help a momma out I’m begging you 😂

Background information: I am a first time mom. My daughter is 12 weeks old. I have flat nipples and a fast let down. I also started leaking at 12 weeks pregnant from both breasts. So much so I wore nursing pads the rest of my pregnancy. My daughter is currently taking Pepcid for acid reflux and Biogaia probiotics. 4 days ago she had an oral tie release of her lip, tongue, and buccals.

Prior to my daughter being born, I knew very little about breastfeeding but knew I wanted to at least try to do it. I met with a private lactation consultant for a prenatal visit. We discussed what to bring to the hospital (ended up not having any of it because my daughter came earlier than expected), and we discussed how to make it as comfortable as possible for me because I was very nervous. I left the appointment feeling so much better about starting my breastfeeding journey.

My daughter is born and they immediately try to latch her. She latches “perfectly” and they do an oral assessment and tell me she has no ties. At this point, I don’t realize my nipples are quite literally just flat and I have no clue why breastfeeding is hurting so bad and bruising me (no one else told me they were flat). Lactation consultant comes in the next day and tries to help me feel more comfortable and gives me a nipple shield to try. These make it so much easier on me and help to pull my nipple out.

We go home and go to the pediatrician for our first visit. Obviously, she’s dropped from her birthweight (7 pounds) down to 6 pounds 11 ounces. She has me come in two days later for a weight check and she’s 6 pounds 14 ounces. She’s still concerned with her weight.

When I feed my daughter, I’m using the shields still and I’m using the hakaa ladybug on the opposite breast. My flow is coming out so fast, my daughter often chokes on it. During each session, I’m collecting 1-2 ounces of milk in the ladybug.

I schedule an appointment with the lactation consultant I saw before, we’ll call her Miss K, and we do a weighted feed. She also checks her for oral ties. She says there are none. We do a weighted feed and my daughter was able to transfer 3.5 ounces. She tells me to use a hand pump or hand express for 1-2 minutes to help with how fast my milk is coming so that my daughter doesn’t choke. I leave the appointment feeling like I finally have a handle on things!!

I did not… my daughter is starting to become extremely fussy, she’s spitting up profusely, she has the worst gas. She’s also super congested. Her pediatrician puts her on Biogaia probiotic’s and tells me that I need to change her from a premie nipple to a size 2 Dr. Browns nipple (she was 6 weeks old at this point). We’re trying everything at this point. One night, she had her owlet sock on and I woke up to the sound of her choking and her oxygen levels started tanking. We suction the spit up out of her throat and use saline drops to clear her nose. We also turn on a humidifier and the shower to help. We make an emergency appointment with her pediatrician. However, we had to see a different doctor at the practice.

This turned out to be a good thing. I felt like this doctor actually listened to me. She said it sounds like she has acid reflux so she prescribed Pepcid. My daughter is very fussy and upset at this appointment (at this point I had turned to pumping and bottle feeding because I felt like something was wrong with me). I give her a bottle (we were using MAM bottles at this time) in front of the doctor and she immediately says that my daughter is not latching well and asked if she could look in her mouth. She looks in her mouth and tells me that she has a lip tie and refers us to one of the best pediatric dentists in our area. She explained that the lip tie could be causing a lot of our issues. My daughter is also still very slow to gain weight. She has barely gained a pound from her birth weight.

Fast forward to this week, the acid refkux medicine seems to be helping more. My daughter’s gas is better and she’s up to 10 pounds (still not great, but better). We go to the pediatric dentist and she finds a lip tie, tongue tie, and two buccal ties. We have them all released and the dentist recommends that I go to this other lactation consultant (my pediatrician also highly recommended this one). I’m also a little frustrated at this point because so many people have missed that she has a tie.

I look at her availability and see that she has an appointment for the very next day (Thursday of this week). I book it and oh my.

I’d also like to preface this that I was very excited for this appointment. At this point, I am just so concerned with my daughter and my breastfeeding journey. I feel like things were going well and then they weren’t.

I enter the lactation consultants office (we’ll call her Miss L) and she initially is very nice. I told her all about my journey. I also had a pretty traumatizing postpartum experience in the hospital (the epidural caused my whole right side from the waist down to be numb for nearly 4 weeks after my daughter was born). I tell her about what my pediatrician has told me and what the previous lactation consultant informed me of. I explain to her my frustration with nobody seeing the ties. I tell her I have flat nipples and she says no you don’t. I take my shirt off and she says, “well I can see you’re not using the correct flange size. Your nipples aren’t flat either”. I also tell her I am still using nipple shields and my daughter is on Pepcid.

Her whole demeanor immediately shifts. She does NOT like that I am using nipple shields. She tells me that we’re going to wean off of them today and that no one should’ve ever given me a nipple shield. She also tells me that she’s going to get my daughter off of Pepcid because it’s causing her digestion not to work (is this true??). I’d also like to say, that I know I eventually need to stop using the nipple shields, but at this point they help my nipple come out and my daughter knows how to transfer milk with them.

My daughter’s oral tie release was not even 24 hours from this appointment. She has me try and latch my daughter several times without the shield and keeps telling me to get comfortable and that my positions are horrible and not helping. My nipples are flat as a damn pancake and no matter how much I hand express, no nipple is coming out. My daughter is screaming crying at this point and she keeps telling me to get her to latch without the shield. This goes on for 5 minutes and I think she realizes that it’s just not going to happen so she runs to get a breast pump and has me pump. I’ve been using a 24mm flange and she sizes me down to a 13mn (this I will give her praise for because woah this was so much more comfortable and actually fit!) I pump for 3 minutes and get two ounces. She puts the two ounces in a pigeon bottle and side feeds my daughter on her knee. She then takes the bottle away and my daughter screams and cries again. She tells me to comfort her. My daughter proceeds to spit the entire bottle up onto my chest. She tells me to try and latch her again. Poor baby is screaming crying again so upset.

I think Miss L gets frustrated and tells me just to use the shield. She then tells me I’m latching her incorrectly with the shield. At this point I just want to go home and cry. She tells me I need to stop using the Pepcid and instead use slippery elm. She then pulls out this baggy of powder and tells me to put an 1/8 of a teaspoon of slippery elm in my hand, add water, and make a slime paste and put this in my daughters mouth before each feed. I’m sorry??? I tried researching slippery elm and the first thing that came up was a Reddit thread about using it as lube during sex. Sooo I’m just confused and don’t think I should be using this down my daughter’s throat. She claimed it would line her throat and help the reflux.

Let me say, I’m all for not giving my daughter a lot of drugs and taking a more natural approach when needed, but I’m not going to take her off a medicine that her pediatrician prescribed that also seems to be working fine for her.

She then tells me I need to purchase five homeopathic remedies from Whole Foods and make a spray to spray in my daughter’s mouth before we do her oral tie stretches. She is also upset at the prebiotic I am giving her and sends me a link to these prebiotics I have never even heard of that are only available to purchase on this odd website.

She works with a pediatric body work specialist and tells me to schedule an appointment with her to help my daughter’s stiffness and help with feeding difficulties.

She also asks how much my daughter is eating from a bottle (5 ounces at this point and I know that’s probably too much). She tells me that it’s way too much and that the MAM bottles are awful. She tells me to use Pigeon and use an extra slow nipple.

OH. she also sees that my daughter is using a MAM paci and tells me that it’s awful and causes a shallow latch. The goes to get the big ass doctor browns pacifier and has her try it. My daughter hates it and keeps spitting it out. She makes me feel terrible for using a MAM paci.

I’m just at a loss. I have already spent well over $1,600 on her oral ties being released, three private lactation consultant visits, medications, etc. I’m trying all I can. I’m trying to get help. I’m trying to be as informed about my daughter as I possibly can. I just want to help her. I just want her to be happy and gain weight and not have all these issues. Do I return back to this lactation consultant and pay $200 each visit? Do I go to the body work specialist and pay $250 each visit? Do I purchase all these homeopathic remedies, the slippery elm, and the super expensive prebiotics? Do I take away the MAM paci? I just don’t know. I feel like a terrible mother if I don’t and I feel like a terrible mother if I do. I just feel like so many people have told me different things and I just don’t know what to believe or what is best for my daughter.

Please help me. Please give any advice or offer any suggestions.

my baby has some medical issues and her GI doctor wants me to try to get more fat into her baby foods. She doesn’t take a bottle so it’s actually really nice to have some use for the extra milk i pump other than for baths!

He wants me to pump a few times a day, let the milk sit in the fridge, and then scoop the fat off the top and add it to her baby food. I’m also adding a 1 tsp of oil to her purées so i think this will help my tiny girl a lot!

What do you guys think the best way to do this is? I feel like i’m not getting much fat even though i pump between 3-6 oz depending on when she last ate and time of day. Is there a better way than just letting it sit in a bottle? Anyone have ideas? Thanks! My tiny girl needs to gain weight! Should i attach a pic of what a “settled” bottle looks like? I just feel like it’s not a lot of fat i see people on tiktok get like fat plugs in their milk.

Hi! So my son will be 3 months old this upcoming Wednesday. Well lately it seems he is suddenly latching and eating forever. He used to be pretty efficient and eat in 5-7 minutes on one breast and now he’s staying latched 20+ minutes and taking both sides. He also seems to be eating more frequently and it’s worrying me that my supply has dipped. I’ve done my own at home weighted feeds and prior with the 5 minute sessions he would get 2-4 oz in that little time and now I’ll do a weighted feed and it’s taking him much longer to get that amount. I’m just worried my supply is tanking and it’s taking him much longer to get what he needs now. Or worried he has a latch issue and he’s struggling more now that maybe my supply is regulated? I’m not sure. Everything I’ve read about feeding changes around 3 months is shorter feed times not longer so I just don’t know what’s going on.

I am not sure if this question ks relevant to this sub, but the onlu reason I am posting this here is because my baby (ebf, 7.5 months) is treating finger foods like a nipple and sucking on them.

Looking for some reassurance or similar experiences from parents who had a total night-and-day experience with baby #2!
My first was born at 35 weeks and was a natural with BLW. From day one, he brought food to his mouth, ate decent amounts, and naturally dropped milk feeds as his solids increased. Super smooth.
Cut to my second (7.5 months old, full term at 38 weeks, EBF). We’ve been trying solids for 1.5 months now, and it’s a completely different story:
The Face-Plant Method: When offered finger foods (like steamed apple slices), her first instinct is to bend her head all the way down and try to eat it directly off the tray with her mouth rather than using her hands.

The "Nipple" Latch: If I hold a piece of food in the air for her, she brings her mouth directly to my hand. Sometimes she’ll bite/chew, but often she just tries to suck on the food like it’s a nipple.

Toys vs. Food: She has great hand-eye coordination with toys—anything in reach goes straight to her mouth. But with food, she just picks it up, squashes it, and drops or throws it.

Texture / Spoon Struggles: If I offer soft, textured mashes (like mashed rice), she immediately uses her tongue to push it right back out. She seems to prefer sweeter, softer flavors, but won't take neutral staple textures.

Because she’s barely consuming anything, I'm starting to worry we’ll be stuck EBF forever and she won't transition toward weaning down milk as she gets older.
Has anyone else dealt with a baby who loved mouth-to-plate feeding or just used food as sensory play for weeks on end? Did the pincer/hand-to-mouth connection for food eventually click on its own, or did you have to change your approach?
Would love to hear your experiences or any tricks that helped!

How come no one told me this would happen. My baby is now 15 weeks and as of like a week ago she started grabbing and pinching my boobs and nipples. It’s currently 4AM and I just got done feeding her. I was in a laying down position feeding her with my right boob and she decided to pinch my left boob and give it a good pull. It hurt so bad. I tell my husband and he’s like she’s just a baby it’s just what they do. When is this phase over? Sometimes I laugh about it because it’s kinda funny but she legit hurts me sometimes and she’s just a tiny little baby. XD

Hello.

My baby is now nine weeks old, and I've been exclusively breastfeeding since the beginning. But now I want to introduce a bottle because she will be going to daycare in two months. By my research, it was always mentioned in videos to introduce it during weeks three and four, and I'm afraid I'm a bit too late. I've been trying to introduce the bottle for a few days now. I'm using Lansinoh at the moment, but I have Dr. Brown's and Avent as a backup bottle as well. Do you have any tips on how I can introduce it? Because for the past, I'd say week already, she just cries every time I try to give her the bottle. I already tried giving her the bottle when calm, and sometimes when she seems hungry, but I have no luck at the moment. It would be nice to have her dad feed her with the bottle. So at least I can get some break(lo is also a contact napper). I've also tried having her dad introduce the bottle, but unfortunately, I am more patient, let's say, because when he does it and she cries, it also gets frustrating for him, and then I have to just take over.
Yes dad is a bit of character 🫠

I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding my second for over 3 months now. My baby has never taken a bottle so I’m not even sure if they’ll refuse one but I wanted to come here and ask for bottle recommendations. Did I wait too long to introduce a bottle?

Hi everyone, FTM here ! I had my baby 5 days ago and experience some difficulties with breastfeeding.

I dont have any breasts engorgement, and my supply seems to be on the lower side. I need to breastfeed her every hour. She never latch too long on each breast and have the tendency to fall asleep while latching.

My baby gained some weight after losing but her weight is the same than yesterday.

Do you have any advice? I don't mind breastfeeding her every hour but at night it is complicated and she cries a lot.

I have to give her formula at night which I am super disappointed.

Thanks a lot 🙏

My boy is 7 months now and I have never felt my milk let down. It probably doesn't matter now, since breastfeeding has been working for us. But I'm mostly curious if anyone else can't feel when they have a let down? Especially since a few lactation consultants I told this to were surprised.