I'm a first time breastfeeding mom for #2 baby now at 1 week old only. past few days she was admitted due to jaundice & for that the nurses had fed her with bottled formula now the problem is after I got her back she doesn't want to latch on I'm suspecting she might be on nipple confusion already. I cld only get her to latch aft 30min of trying!!! i had to use nipple shield then only she will want to latch. I almost want to gave up.. meanwhile I'm feeding her breast milk in bottle which I've pumped or with nipple shield. how do I get her to latch on again w/o nipple shield?

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You can start dream feeding without the nipple shield to let baby get familiarise. It will take some time and some frustrations but it is possible. Just have to keep trying! It took my about 2 months for baby to latch back on and he have been latching ever since. He didn't even wants nipple shield!