Hi Girls - only been a Mum for 3 days and already need help!!
Baby Boy and I came home yesterday and my milk has just started to come through - I'm desperately trying to breastfeed but Connor suckling across both breasts for up to an hour at a time and still seems hungry.
We topped him up with formula last night to get a few hours sleep (I hadn't slept since the emegency C-Section on Sunday morning) and even the Midwives at the hospital couldn't passify him and brought him back to me after an hour of trying to settle him.
Problem we have is that he WILL sleep after feeding even if only for a short time (he slept for quite a long time after the bottle), but only on me or Daddy - he simply will not go into the moses basket, he hates it and he hated the cot in the hospital.
We've out our clothes in with him for our warmth and scent, we've swaddled him, we've tried putting him in awake, putting him in asleep, dark room, living room - nothing seems to work. Within about 5 minutes he's awake and screaming. We thought after the bottle (because that's the first proper feed he'd had) he'd just conk out but no good.
We just need him to sleep in the basket for at least an hour after feeding so we can just get a few zzz's ourselves.
Any ideas!!??! Midwives just say "give it time" but I'm so tired and OH feels so helpless 'cos I'm trying to breastfeed all the time.
Baby Boy and I came home yesterday and my milk has just started to come through - I'm desperately trying to breastfeed but Connor suckling across both breasts for up to an hour at a time and still seems hungry.
We topped him up with formula last night to get a few hours sleep (I hadn't slept since the emegency C-Section on Sunday morning) and even the Midwives at the hospital couldn't passify him and brought him back to me after an hour of trying to settle him.
Problem we have is that he WILL sleep after feeding even if only for a short time (he slept for quite a long time after the bottle), but only on me or Daddy - he simply will not go into the moses basket, he hates it and he hated the cot in the hospital.
We've out our clothes in with him for our warmth and scent, we've swaddled him, we've tried putting him in awake, putting him in asleep, dark room, living room - nothing seems to work. Within about 5 minutes he's awake and screaming. We thought after the bottle (because that's the first proper feed he'd had) he'd just conk out but no good.
We just need him to sleep in the basket for at least an hour after feeding so we can just get a few zzz's ourselves.
Any ideas!!??! Midwives just say "give it time" but I'm so tired and OH feels so helpless 'cos I'm trying to breastfeed all the time.