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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you mind sharing your day to day routine? I had a baby similar to yours that required syringe and cup feeding for the first month until he took to breastfeeding. Maybe I can offer you some solutions or tips if I see an overview of what your day looks like. [/quote]

OP here. This is what a day to day life looks like. It has changed since last week when we were very new to this and I was just hand expressing because I thought he would take to a nipple shield or bottle.

6am - I will put him on the breast ( both sides) and let him try to eat. I will try the nipple shield ( he often will refuse) and I end up squeezing my breast to push my nipple and areola it as far as possible. He will usually get about .5. This lasts for about 10 minutes until he pulls away and cries for food. My husband takes him and will syringe feed him 2oz while I pump.

8am - My husband will feed him 2oz. This takes about 30 minutes, sometimes a little longer. He is used to it now but fought in the first week. I don’t think he likes it, but he doesn’t fight it like he did the first week.

9am - I pump. He will comfort nurse on me for about 10-20 minutes.

10am - Try the breast. Husband feeds 2oz

12pm - Feed him 2oz. I pump. I put him on after I pump and sometimes before to see if he will eat anything.

2pm - Husband feeds 2oz. We try the bottle but he will refuse it.

3pm - I pump. We put him on breast.

4pm - Feeds 2oz. Try the bottle.

6pm - Feed him 2oz. I pump. Try the breast after I pump.

8pm - I feed him 2oz. He likes to comfort in the evenings. I let him do it as much as he wants.

9pm - I pump. Comfort nurse.

10pm - Husband feed him 2oz. Comfort nurse after I pump

12am - Feed 2oz. I pump

2am - Feed 2oz.

3am - I pump

4am - Feed 2oz.

We take shifts. I will feed most of the morning, my husband does the afternoon while I nap between pumps and trying to breastfeed. We both take the evening. He takes the night while I wake up to pump.

This is on a day where he eats every two hours. He has days where he will eat 1oz every hour in the morning and/or evening. He gets 20-24oz a day. We feed him on average 10-12 times a day and sometimes more when he eats every hour. He used to eat every hour the first week but he now usually does 2oz every two hours most days.

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