He took a bottle of formula yesterday instead of breast when I pumped. This is an angel baby... it wasn't nutramigen however but normal formula based on cow's milk. No significant change vs yesterday in terms of his skin so maybe we will be released of nutramigen.
Bec, he seems to be in some growth spurt now as is much more hungry than he was 4-5 days ago. But still this let down problem is already present for 2 weeks. Don't know where it is coming from but yesterday he took formula for an afternoon feed so I guess we will be able to feed him with it when breastfeeding is problematic what takes off much pressure from me. I am more than happy with giving him breast as much as he wants but if there is no let down and he is genuinely hungry he doesn't even what to suck long enough as is getting impatient. Yesterday he took 170ml of formula around 2:30pm and than was dying of hunger at 5pm when 3/4 days ago he was not hungry until 6/6:30.
I am just accepting what's happening here and making peace with the fact that something is wrong but I don't don't what it is or how to fix it. It happens randomly, no matter how much he ate before, how stressed I am, what is the time of the day. Seems some hormonal block in my opinion or some kind of underlying illness or maybe tiredness but what else can I do except from accepting that? Even if it's tiredness or stress or whatever similar i am doing what I can to relax and rest and if it's not working I have to accept it.
This case with bottle and formula was stressing me - the fact that he won't drink formula or from the bottle if not starving but it seems to be working better now so I know we have an option. I am also much more motivated to breastfeed as I know it's and option not an obligation and only option. It was really huge pressure to know that I so much want to continue, he seemed to prefer it and we still weren't successful. Made me interpret his every moan or cry as a hunger cry which is not true.
Still your support is so welcomed. Contacted LC and doctor yesterday but none of them were much of a help:(.