I have come to the conclusion, due to particular circumstances that have arisen (not going to bore you) that Florence needs to take a bottle. Not neccessarily formula but being that it is that since her birth I have spent exactly one hour and perhaps ten minutes without her, I need to get her to feed from someone else; her papa. So after lots of attempts with various bottles, milks and family members I have enlisted the help of an expert. My best friend's mum, Moira. An expert in my eyes as five children and nine grandchildren down the line, she knows a little about babies, perserverence and patience.
Guess what. Where all others failed, when all others produced tears and screams of horror (Florence not the adult), when others promptly gave up and announced " She wont take it!", Moira conquered. She came, she sat, she fed. Took ten seconds. No fuss. No tears. No gasps for breath. Florence was officially a bottle drinker.
Not giving up the boob though. So give it a rest now Mum....
This however hasnt aided the sleeping through. Moira has though. She suggested giving Florence a bottle of water in the night when she wakes; Florence wakes up between once and five times a night. She always wants boob,but rarely feeds for long. Thus on giving water from a bottle (which she doesn't want)and not giving her boob and offering a dummy to stuck, which what she really wanted, two nights later she's not waking up for a feed and will happily take the dummy instead. Sorted.
Love you Moi...
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Thank god for Moira!!!
Wish I had known about the water thing, I was up with Jesse "grazing, Suckling" for 12 months!!!
I BF Lula but my evening routine was as follows;
BF at 7pm, her daddy woke her at 10pm and gave her a bottle, then she would go through until 6-7pm! Sorted! The midwife and health visitor told me she would have nipple/teat confusion- she didn't she was fine and she slept from 7 - 7 at six weeks old.
With regards to the "she's not sleeping because she doesnt eat enough" I dont agree, Jesse ate like a horse and was still waking up at least once in the evening at 18 months!! You doing a fab job, dont let anyone tell you otherwise!
Who the hell came up with the 'nipple-teat confusion' bollocks anyway? Never ever heard of anyone who experienced that problem. Probably one of those scary pro breast feeding activist nutters, who's never even breast fed herself. Had a midwife like that. Could tell she'd never done it herself as she kept looking at some pictures whilst telling me what I was doing wrong. I was actually doing it right, hence never experienced sore nips or engorged boobies, nothing.
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