My ds was 7 weeks early and is 3 weeks old now, so he's still pretty small. He was doing decently at attempting to nurse-although his efforts varied a lot from a full feeding once, usually part of a feeding, to almost nothing or refusing to nurse at all. However, he became quaranteened due to MRSA a few days ago and because of that, getting a nurse into his room to weigh him before and after a nursing session was so slow that it was totally messing up his feeds (It was taking an hour and a half to feed him because of all this waiting around for weights and bottles and...ugh). So he hasnt nursed at all for 3 days now.
He *should* be coming home tomorrow, I really really hope so, and then I want to work on breastfeeding some more, but he has a pretty crappy latch. I'm not sure if its due to his preemie status (he's up to 5.5 pounds), his bottles (the NICU uses Dr. Browns preemie bottles; I generally use Playtex Natural Latch bottles), or tongue tie. He definately has some degree of tongue tie, I just dont know if its actually effecting his ability to nurse-my 2nd had it bad and it killed our nursing relationship and she had to have it corrected at 4 years old because it was affecting her speech so bad, but my 3rd had it as well and it was never an issue. I'm assuming I should see a LC about all of this but I wont be able to until sometime next week. I havent seen a LC since he was born-I am only at the hospital in the evenings due to my dh having to work, and on the weekends, and the LCs are all gone by the time I get there.
Anywho, does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts?
He *should* be coming home tomorrow, I really really hope so, and then I want to work on breastfeeding some more, but he has a pretty crappy latch. I'm not sure if its due to his preemie status (he's up to 5.5 pounds), his bottles (the NICU uses Dr. Browns preemie bottles; I generally use Playtex Natural Latch bottles), or tongue tie. He definately has some degree of tongue tie, I just dont know if its actually effecting his ability to nurse-my 2nd had it bad and it killed our nursing relationship and she had to have it corrected at 4 years old because it was affecting her speech so bad, but my 3rd had it as well and it was never an issue. I'm assuming I should see a LC about all of this but I wont be able to until sometime next week. I havent seen a LC since he was born-I am only at the hospital in the evenings due to my dh having to work, and on the weekends, and the LCs are all gone by the time I get there.
Anywho, does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts?
