Wearing a nipple
shield during nursing will not relieve sore nipples.
Not exact matches
After 3 weeks, we were able to wean from the nipple
shield and by 4 weeks he was a great nurser (
nursed literally every hour
during the day time hours) and a great sleeper (was sleeping 8 PM to 4 AM by the time he was 4 - 5 weeks old — NOTE: this amount of sleep for a baby this young is NOT typical — I was SUPER lucky).
It was really annoying to be tethered to my pump and time - consuming to have to constantly be cleaning out pump parts (and
during the winter, which made my hands crack and bleed), but it was worth it to be off the
shield and begin having a successful
nursing relationship with my son.
The nipple
shields a
nurse gave me in the hospital helped my son to latch but the pain persisted with every feed,
during the whole feed.
I am able to help with all things breastfeeding including: sore nipples re-lactating, getting your baby off of formula and back to breastfeeding, weaning your baby off of a nipple
shield, breastfeeding
during the early weeks, over supply, under supply, plugged ducts, mastitis, thrush, weaning, pumping, returning to work,
nursing toddlers and baby / toddler night time challenges, premature babies and multiples.