Saturday, February 4, 2012

Breaking free of nipple confusion doldrums

At the hospital, the nurses said that the football hold  was the best method for infants to latch on to the breast. By the time we reached home, I got comfortable with it. Once we reached home the baby refused to nurse. She cried for 2 hrs in the middle of the night. In the day, while taking photographs, the photographer used the pacifier to calm her. whenever the baby had antibiotics appointment, she  had the pacifier by her in the bassinet. By day 3, my baby with good sucking instincts was reluctant to even hold the nipple. She had a case of nipple confusion. I learnt this at 2am in the night. From now on, things cant wait till the morning. I was wondering if I should also start reading the book on breastfeeding given a the pediatrecian's office. dad snuggled the baby  into his arms and she slept well. That was temporary relief. What about th nursing problem? One of the suggestion was to nurse the baby when she is calm in the morning. 5.30am happened to be such a time. Now my baby is back from the confusion.

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bro was taken o the pacifier so much that he had one hanging from his neck.

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