Day 58 of Mixed Feeding | Breast Refusal | Decreasing Milk Supply... | Disappointed by the Current State of Almost Exclusively Formula Feeding
Hello.
I'm Opon, raising a power-type boy who is now two months old.🙌
Breast refusal has begun.😭
About three days ago, when I tried to breastfeed, he started crying hysterically.
It's been four days since he started having trouble latching on...
Up until then, breastfeeding had been going relatively smoothly,
but
Could this finally be
nipple confusion?
Even when I think, 'He finally latched on!', heimmediately falls asleep.
I try to wake him while feeding, but whether he dislikes the latch or is tired because it's not coming out, he starts crying hysterically.
At this point, it's impossible,so I calm him down and try to restart, but it either goes back to the beginning or the hysterical crying continues.
Because of this,I've been adding formula every time to cope.
Since he isn't drinking much breast milk,
it's mostly formula.🍼
...Isn't this basically exclusive formula feeding now!!!!
He dislikes the breast, my milk supply is decreasing,
Nyo-nyo👶 doesn't get full,
my physical and mental strength are being drained,
and in the end, it's become a state of complete formula feeding...
What is the point of trying so hard with breastfeeding...? is what I've been feeling lately ( ﾉД`)
The breast milk that used to flow so well.
The nursing times when I writhed in pain.
The trial and error of how to get the baby to latch.
The breasts that were so engorged and painful.
Actually, all of these are already
starting to disappear.
I wasn't told at the maternity clinic that
the initial phase was this difficult and this important in order to get breastfeeding on track.
Dad wants to give milk too
It helps financially
Breast milk is nutritious and I want to breastfeed too
Mixed feeding is the best of both worlds
That was the image I had of postpartum nursing.
I want to tell those who are planning to give birth soon and
are worried about their nursing style.
Mixed feeding is incredibly difficult!!!
If you want to do mixed feeding,
you first have to get breastfeeding on track, or you won't be able to stand at the ideal starting line
.
And in my case, after giving birth, I relied on formula because the baby would sleep well at night, switched to formula easily when the baby wouldn't nurse, and relied on formula again when I felt mentally overwhelmed...
Living like this, my breast milk supply gradually decreased
😢
I should have tried for exclusive breastfeeding for the first month after birth...
Also, apparently there is a
golden time for breast milk at night, and nursing during that time is said to increase supply.
The importance of the initial phase and nighttime nursing.
I only learned this recently.
And then the breast refusal began.
I have been doing mixed feeding for two months, but the end might be near...
If I switch to exclusive formula feeding, I will probably feel down about not being able to see it through. I think I will feel like I couldn't do it because I was weak-minded or because I am weak.
However, if there is anyone in the same situation,
I want to tell you this.
There is no way you are weak-hearted.
You nurtured your baby in your womb for ten months and ten days,
and you made it through childbirth.
There is no way you are weak.
Please, be kind to yourself for the time you worked so hard.
I've become mostly reliant on formula now,
but to move forward positively,
I will start to settle my feelings little by little from now on.
This is still just the first step!
I'm going to enjoy raising my child!
Thank you for reading until the end.
That's all for now.