Breastfeeding

Question

Hi mummies, my LO is 8days old. Currently pumping exclusively not latching. Im facing three problems..1) as much as I want him to latch on, he falls asleep everytime he latches and he can latch up to an hour if i prompt him. He doesn’t suckle fast too. He will take in a few mouthful and stop and i have to keep prompting. Im not sure if he has enough even though he latches for so long. Thats why i stopped latching. 2) my left and right breast yield very different in amount of breastmilk. Right side is always twice the amount of left side but my breastpad is always full on the left side. What should i do? 3) he has been sleeping shorter timings from 2-3hours to 1hour plus and wakes up for milk. Do i increase the milk intake? Currently he takes in 60ml. I pump 2-3hours each day. LO is 3.6kg prob alittle heavier now. He can’t really sleep well and fusses in his sleep.

Mummy J · Accepted Answer

Usually baby needs time to adapt in how to latch properly. Lazy boobs is normal. Where one side tend to have more than the other. You can try to pump the lazy side more. Baboes usually fuss when they are hungry. When baby is full usually they will just sleep.