Watch
for early feeding cues rather than following a rigid schedule and offer the bottle before the baby is too hungry.
These are
all early feeding cues, so if you offer the breast when you see these the baby is more likely to be patient and give feeding at the breast a chance.
With a newborn,
early feeding cues include rapid eye movement in sleep, mouth noises like lip smacking, the rooting reflex, and hands in the mouth.
The document focuses on issues such as frequency of feeding,
realizing early feeding cues, waking up a sleepy infant, the need for mothers to learn positioning and attachment, monitoring for adequacy etc., in addition to other important points.
Try changing the timing: Catch your baby's
early feeding cues and feed him before his regular feeding time.
Because your baby is right on there on your chest, it makes it easy to catch your baby's
early feeding cues, which means that baby will be more patient to work on getting a great latch.
I remember not knowing what
an early feeding cue was until my second child.
It's often easy to miss some of
those early feeding cues where baby's skin - to - skin, you don't miss those.
Having baby hang around your breasts by doing skin to skin can also help with your milk supply and an easier time recognizing
those early feeding cues.
Respond to
the earlier feeding cues to make latching on easier and more pleasant.