need some advice

hey guys im breast feeding my 8 day old but haveing little problem she wouldn't latch on so they gave me a nipple guard because i was in the icu for a week, I now got her laching on sometimes is abit fussy and i have to pick her back up relax her try again, She will only go in the rugby hold (football hold) but its like if i move her slightly we have to go through a whole 10-30 min proses of relaxing and getting her latch on again.I dont so much mind that as i know she will eventual get it as she getting better at it, My problem is she will eat fall asleep allllllllooooot and then second i put her down she still hungry so i have keep doing it over and over the nurse told me wet cloth run it around her head keep her awake and she sleeps through it i burp her then takes time get her back on, what means no sleep for me really because she eating little often unless i pump n feed her what i don't want to do alot if i can help it. Any advise on how keep her awake with out making her get wound up so much that takes her while latch back on?

I remember going through that with Owen! It was so frustrating because I knew he needed to eat!
Do you undress her? That seemed to help Owen. I would also lightly tickle his feet. It sounds mean but I was very gentle and just did for a few seconds.
You should see an improvement in her alertness soon. I think I struggled with Owen fighting sleep for the first two weeks or so and then he would stay awake long enough to eat - except in the middle of the night - it was always a struggle to get him to eat in the night.

I wish I had some great advice but I DO think you'll see improvements very soon. I nursed in the football position too and when he was bigger I would nurse laying down at night and that was great!!!! I'd usually wake up a few hours later with him still attached to my boob sound asleep! : )

Hang in there - it DOES get better!!!!!

i have been un swaddling her but i;; try undressing her and she ticklish so that should work in my favor lol thanks

Did tickling help any?

for a little while then she like ahhh forget it lol

wet hair dont seem bother her but i found talking to her n cuddling between took away alot of the crying stress when trying latch on she slowly staying awake longer i just been messing with her till she evetuly just like forget im im going sleep but i been leaving her there a while she will wake up n eat some time shortly after thanks for the advise

thanks hun that made me feel alot better and less guilty for getting stressed at night in day i got time in the word for her be a lil slow on eating but night is easyer give her milk i have formiler just incase going try sticking to breast milk but she eats so much some times i just cant pump enough for her

Oh, I hadn't even thought about the stress you may be feeling. Tiff, I'm so glad you said something.
I couldn't produce enough for Owen at night either and I routinely fed him a bottle of formula every evening.
I was able to get some much needed sleep and Owen had a nice full tummy!

Hey hun,I know we spoke when I saw you at the weekend! (BTW people Cloie is even MORE gorgeous and cute in the flesh and it's so weird to hold a newborn after only a year or so since I had oneLOL),but I think you are doing great. It might help if you are prepared in knowing that there will be 'growth spurts' usually at around 3-5 weeks,6 -8 weeks,3 months,6 months and so on,sometimes some in between.When these times happen,baby will want to feed (it will seem like) every 10 minutes for up to a week,it sucks and it will make you tired BUT,it wont continue like that forver,the reason babies do this is because the more often they feed (even if they don't take in much milk) they are stimulating your body to produce more milk,the more they feed the more you body will make,IT'S LIKE they come prewired/programmed to know exactly how to make their milk supply or just enough for what they will need.So if you can just hang in there during the times when she will be constantly latched on,usually after 3-5 days it will spread out again (the time between feeds) but you will go through these phases,when you do,I suggest drinking even more water,the more you drink the easier it will be to make milk.And get more rest if you can! Hugs and courag eto you ,you are already doing so great ! <3

yay she latching so much better today i found pumping a lil milk in the bottle like a ounce and giving it her first lil taste then replacing it with my boob then same again when swiching or when she gets a lil fussy but it worked hehe

thank you feeling less doubtfull now was worried she wouldnt bring the milk where it need be but she doing good today yay

It's a process hun,take time,but you just got to push through n you will bothget it.Well done for doing good so far! hugs xx