Hello! and when did you first go out of the house?
Hello
Harry is nearly 1 week old - feels so odd that this time last week I was starting my contractions!
I still haven't been out of the house with him yet - pretty freaked by the thought of having to B/F in public. Not that I'm shy - but I haven't worked out how to do it discreetly. Harry takes some wrestling to attach properly ( I have found best thing is to get him properly peed off and he then latches pretty much immediatly)
I want to try expressing milk and bottle feed him occasionally - but MW doesn't approve therefore not sure whn is the best time to try this?
CTB & Harry (6 days)
Harry is nearly 1 week old - feels so odd that this time last week I was starting my contractions!
I still haven't been out of the house with him yet - pretty freaked by the thought of having to B/F in public. Not that I'm shy - but I haven't worked out how to do it discreetly. Harry takes some wrestling to attach properly ( I have found best thing is to get him properly peed off and he then latches pretty much immediatly)
I want to try expressing milk and bottle feed him occasionally - but MW doesn't approve therefore not sure whn is the best time to try this?
CTB & Harry (6 days)
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i feed in public, i have button down tops and cover up with a muslin. noone notices.
xxxx imogen 18 days
As for the mw not approving...bollocks to her - you are the mummy and you have to do what you think is right. My mw was not very approving that at 2 days old we went out and bought dummies and nipple shields and she told me not to use them as it would cause confusion. It didn't and i ignored her because I couldn't hack another night of T comfort sucking on me constantly.. it hurt and I can't take care of my kids if I'm half dead from lack of sleep and she improved massively when given a dummy. She was 8 days old when we ended up giving her a bottle one night because she just was not settling and sleeping and was constantly feeding - she guzzled 2oz and went to sleep! Since then she's had a mix of bf, and formula top ups and ebm and the dummy off and on and she can be as much a bugger at taking the bottle as the boob if the mood takes her - but there is definately no confusion going on.. and the mw is all of a sudden supportive of the bottles as she hadn't put any weight on.. fingers crossed she's gained again when they come tomorrow as I think I've managed to get my milk supply up (I hate expressing!! Bored of it already lol). My son was combi-fed from 2 1/2 weeks and again he never had any confusion on feeding.
Tbh I've heard more people say how they've struggled when trying to introduce bottles when lo is a few months old than problems from people who've given bottles earlier - and my doctor actually agreed and said she thinks its better to introduce bottles earlier rather than later.
Personally I'd say if you want to go out and don't feel confident about bf-ing in public then its time to try him with a bottle at home to see how he does that way you know if you can take ebm out iwth you and you don't feel under pressure