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OP here. He is taking a bottle and doing a little better on the breast. We had the bottles come in on Sunday and started offering them to him throughout the day. He rejected the MAM, Munhkin, and Tommee Tippee buy he did take the Comotomo and Nanobebe. He is taking up to 1oz at some nursing sessions. I tried different positions and have been using the latch assist to pop my nipple out. He doesn’t love the bottle but he has been gradually taking drinking more milk out of it. He started with sipping some out and just sucking, then .5, and then 1oz. We have been able to get him to eat 2oz twice when he was really sleepy at night. We are still syringe feeding but working towards switching him to the bottle and breast.

We had a lactation consultant come this morning who told me about other nipple shields and gave me tips for positions. She said she believed he has a tongue tie. We went to his pediatrician appointment and the pediatrician listened and examined and said he also agrees he has a tongue tie. We have an appointment later this week with an ENT to be evaluated. He is very happy with my sons weight. He has gained almost 1lb in two weeks.

We have worked out a plan with the lactation consultant where I will nurse first and then syringe feed or bottle feed. She said I can put him on the breast for comfort nursing but I do not need to keep him on all day long. The pediatrician said to keep feeding him every two hours until his tongue tie is corrected and we are sure he will be able to gain weight with nursing and bottle feeding.[/quote]

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