My baby has acid reflux and has not been feeding well- he either cries at the breast or falls asleep. He is mostly feeding for less than 5min and feeding infrequently. As such, he end up drinking only the foremilk and I noticed his poo is now green. FTM, so maybe my question may sound silly, but can I express out the foremilk until the milk is noticeable less watery/more 'white' before letting him latch to increase the chances of him drinking the hindmilk?

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firstly I'd like to tell you that it gets better. I brought my baby to a PD and he prescribed us some medication (some infant antacid). now baby is abt 3 months and it has improved by a lot (though not fully ok yet). nursing her was always a challenge due to the reflux. I burp her v often, about once every 3 min. when my helper bottle feeds her she also burps her often. it helps. to help her get to the hindmilk, I, too, pumped out some before nursing her. cause to make things worse, I'm an oversupply mom. also, I don't switch breasts. I let her drink from one breast for 2 consecutive feeds. all the best!

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