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DD is 3.5 months. She's never loved nursing and over the past month has frequently rejected DW's breast (she gave birth). She's had lots of BM from a bottle as DW had to go back to work. She clearly prefers the bottle. We've tried to minimize the bottle, and until this weekend, the saving grace was that DD would nurse well (and a lot) overnight.
This weekend, she stopped. DW is pumping, we're feeding her milk in a bottle, and offering as often as possible (offering the breast, that is). But, so far, no luck.
We have only 5 bags of frozen milk, as DD has numerous food sensitivities, and the ton of milk that DW pumped early on is allergen-laced. So, we bought Neocate. Last night, I tried giving it to DD straight. She utterly rejected it.
Today I gave her a tiny bit of formula mixed with BM. She took it the first time I did this but not the second.
I'm utterly freaked out, because we WILL use up that frozen supply in the next few days, as DW does not pump as much as DD eats (this has always been the case, but we've been able to catch up on weekends, etc.).
How do I help DD get used to a bit of formula mixed in with the BM. Or what else do we do? Give her the allergen breastmilk? I worry that her upset caused by the allergens will make her even less likely to return to the breast.
I know this stress isn't helping DW's supply either. She has a call into our ped about domperidone, is taking herbs, will start shatavari tonight....but I fear none of this will be enough and we'll end up starving poor DD come the end of the week.
Help, please. I'm in total tears and hysterics.
DD is 3.5 months. She's never loved nursing and over the past month has frequently rejected DW's breast (she gave birth). She's had lots of BM from a bottle as DW had to go back to work. She clearly prefers the bottle. We've tried to minimize the bottle, and until this weekend, the saving grace was that DD would nurse well (and a lot) overnight.
This weekend, she stopped. DW is pumping, we're feeding her milk in a bottle, and offering as often as possible (offering the breast, that is). But, so far, no luck.
We have only 5 bags of frozen milk, as DD has numerous food sensitivities, and the ton of milk that DW pumped early on is allergen-laced. So, we bought Neocate. Last night, I tried giving it to DD straight. She utterly rejected it.
Today I gave her a tiny bit of formula mixed with BM. She took it the first time I did this but not the second.
I'm utterly freaked out, because we WILL use up that frozen supply in the next few days, as DW does not pump as much as DD eats (this has always been the case, but we've been able to catch up on weekends, etc.).
How do I help DD get used to a bit of formula mixed in with the BM. Or what else do we do? Give her the allergen breastmilk? I worry that her upset caused by the allergens will make her even less likely to return to the breast.
I know this stress isn't helping DW's supply either. She has a call into our ped about domperidone, is taking herbs, will start shatavari tonight....but I fear none of this will be enough and we'll end up starving poor DD come the end of the week.
Help, please. I'm in total tears and hysterics.
