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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the same poster from 5/29 and 6/02 about my newborn not gaining weight, and if pumped milk has the same benefits as nursing. I switched to pumping shortly after his two week appointment because he wasn’t gaining weight. He had a “ weak” suck and the LC said he will may get better with age and his latch and suck get stronger. I’ve been exclusively pumping since then with the hopes that we can switch to breastfeeding. My baby is now 14 weeks old and won’t breastfeed. We have tried at least once a day since 4 week to see if he would latch and he won’t. He had been gaining weight and he is happy and healthy. I’ve been considering switching thing to formula, but then I start to wonder if he will eventually catch on and want to nurse. I have 6 months maternity leave and I’m considering pumping until then to see if he will nurse. I don’t plan to pump with work or pump when my he becomes more active unless he’s breastfeeding. Do you think he will ever latch? Should I keep pumping until 6 months or switch to formula? [/quote]

I am in a very small minority that had a baby latch at 4 months. Dont try and do it while he is awake. Try during twilight sleep or a nap. Continue to do skin to skin. I took skin to skin naps every afternoon with him to help my supply when I was EP. He latched during an afternoon nap one day. We still had to go to the LC a few times afterwards 1- because I didnt believe it was actually working 2- it was still a bit shallow 3- needed to do weighted feeds to ensure the transfer was enough bc with pumping you can see how much you are producing and well PPA is a b*** just an FYI. I tried breastfeeding for the first few weeks and we had so many issues. Tongue tie, lip tie, reflux, other issues. I stopped trying around 4 weeks and just EP but would try to latch one/week when both of us were calm- a hard balance since PP was a very difficult time for me and he had reflux.

Switch if you need to or want to. Theres no point in continuing to EP if you are going to stop when you go back to work. Youll want to transition to formula before you decide to stop and IME the longer you breastfeed the more hormonal swing as you wean.

Make the best decision for your family.[/quote]

OP here. I don’t hold him for naps. He is sleeps in the the Snoo for night and naps. I pump while he naps. I have tried various times throughout the day and he won’t have it. He will suck for maybe a minute and then scream. He acts like I’m hurting him if I try to stick my nipple in his mouth. He won’t even nurse for comfort.

I like the idea of breastfeeding during this time with the pandemic and during flu/cold season. If I go to 6 months, will probably have enough milk to get him to a year if I give him 1-2 bottles a day, or 8/9 months if I give him all of the breast milk. We do give him a bottle of formula a day so he is used to it when I stop pumping.

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