My EBF baby now gets bottles of expressed milk since I went back to work last month. He has nipple confusion I think. Nursing and pumping is so painful now.
I only work 3 days a week, a few hours a day. The rest of the time he is only nursed. What can I do to help this situation? I’ve been applying coconut oil but they’re sore to the touch
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What size nipple flow are you using for bottle? Baby’s get nipple confusion because of the flow of nipple is faster, they don’t have to work hard like when they are on breast. They have control of the flow when they are nursing versus bottle.
I’m not even sure. I just use those little avent bottles. I got them as like samples.... I really know nothing about bottles. I should’ve thought about this before going back to work.
You will have to make sure his latch is always correct. Put your nipple in his mouth and not the other way around. Don't be afraid to unlatch him when necessary. Kinda like retraining him so the muscle memory sticks.
If his latch is good you won't be sore immediately and after a few days
Get slowest flow nipple, make sure whoever is feeding him latches him the same way he latched on to the breast.