I am trying to help my sister by nursing her baby for 3 days in her assence?
ByHe is having latching problems , but once latched is accepting my milk.Will cosleeping , help him to get used to me.I had to put him on my chest for a while for him to get going before nursing.Please give some suggestions , as she has to leave tomorrow.I feel very sad to see her really worried …We are doing our best to take care of him.
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3 Comments
April 12th, 2010 at 5:45 am
Definitely, sleeping with him or close to him will help. Also talking to him a lot, walking around with him, etc, any close contact will get him used to your scent. Once hungry I’m positive he will latch, you can always have her pump as much milk to bottle feed if she can just in case. He will do fine
babies usually take to people pretty easy once they are used to your scent and how you hold them. He still has mommy imprinted on his mind so it will be a lot of upset moments.
April 12th, 2010 at 5:47 am
That’s probably a big part of it (your smell vs the moms). Call a lactation consultant if you get frustrated but the idea of cosleeping will probably help. Is she going to be nursing hime when she gets back? There may be some confusion with that also when the time comes.
April 12th, 2010 at 5:48 am
I’d do co-sleeping and skin-to-skin contact.
BTW, good for you for helping your sister out this way!