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@Shelby he is bottle fed I’ve already switched bottles once he was using the dr browns but started to fuss and cry very feed so I switched to tonnes tippee and he just plays with the teet in his mouth
Hm strange, I would definitely contact midwife or health visitor to ask for advice you won’t be looked down upon! You’re doing the best thing by asking for help. You can message me whenever 🤍
Newborns have no understanding of day and night and with short days it will be extra hard. Maybe try and get out in as much natural daylight as possible. On the milk, maybe a different teet, but contact health visitor too in case they can offer some advice. Best of luck. You are smashing it in ways you are not even considering.
No real advice, people have already said check in with your health visitor/midwife/feeding consultant but just here to say newborns are haaaard. Tbh every time i think I’ve cracked it, something changes and my boy is all over the place again 😂 (he’s 7 months now). As long as he is growing, and you’re both getting some time to rest (during the day as well as at night) and you’re both getting some food in you and a change of clothes then you’re doing a fab job. Stick it out, it does get easier I promise. Also, totally normal to feel overwhelmed because your hormones are WHACK atm. If actually takes 2 years for them to normalise so all this “back to normal by 6 weeks” is quite frankly bollocks. Be kind to yourself ❤️
You are never failing your baby, mumma🤍 it’s okay to ask for help the newborn stage is mentally challenging no matter how your baby is doing. Is your midwife contactable? It may be something little like (if bottle fed) the teets aren’t the right teet as it’s to do with airflow? Xx