Sorry to make yet another post on this, but im so lost, i really dont know what to to and i hate feeling like i havent got a clue when im normaly so sure.

This is teh first time i have really tried teh breast feeding thing, it didnt work out on Coby and i gave up to quickly.

I started out feeding Adam from me but it hurt to much and i got to tired as Adam fed ever 20 mins to an hour at the start. So i then started to express and Jase helped out with feeding. at first we had to top him up with fomular untill i had built up my milk surply.

Since i started expressing Adam has got colic, now im not sure if its coz of the bottles, or coz we gave him fomluar and breast milk to start with or what?!

My HV said to feed expressed milk in a bottle during the day but to try to get him to latch on to me over night, she also sugested to give Adam a fomluar bottle late at night coz he seems to settle better on it.

So between teh 3 diffrent things im getting so lost and confused, i just want to stick to one thing and be done with it but now im not sure which one is the best to do.

I found myself to tired to get a bottle eariler so i put Adam on my my breast for a feed, i know im just confusing him but im confused too, i really dont know what i should be doing.

Im so tempted to go on fomluar full time, i know what im doing with that and if Adam gets upset i can pinpoint why, when and how etc

But then i dont wnt to give up feeding/expressing coz i have never got this far before and i know its good for him and myself to express/breastfeed.

Adam gained even more weight this week so i know hes getting eough food, hes gone from 8lbs 9 and a half born, to 9lbs 3oz last week and 9lbs 9oz this week.

Please help if you can, what do i do?! i hate all this mucking about, i just want to do one thing that everyone is happy with.

Sorry to whinge yet again, i have never not known what to do with any of my children so this is getting me down.

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I should probably add...im expressing in the morning and getting 6oz, then expressing 2 hours later and getting 4 or 5oz, then i express every 3 to 4 hours after that and get between 4 and 5oz each time.

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Oh wow, I never got over 2oz when expressing

What about alternating feeds (sorry to throw another possibillity into it) This is another thing I did do with Alfie as he also had a very small period with out eating at times. So I would do breast, then bottle, then breast (initially until his feeding slowed right down) I eventually kept him on bottles during the day when he was going longer between feeds, but I think the alternating also helped him with having both breast & bottle, he never struggled with either when offered. HTH x

Sorry, Bloody Dad.......I never got to finish last post before sending!

You seem to have lots to do, but I would do whatever you feel happiest with babe, go with your instincts and what you feel more comfortable with, I tried my hardest to do both, as there was no way breast would have been enough for Alfie, I was happy alternating and would have loved to have continued but after a cold for 3 weeks, he never took to the breast again so I had to stick with formula, and he is a very happy baby and that is all that matters.

You said that Adam had colic, I know I have already said this in a post, but I read you have the Dr Brown bottles, well they changed my sister's life with regards to colic, her little boy cried all of the time, but when she used these he improved so much, he still got it slightly, but it was nothing major! So that could be a good start for you babe!

Good Luck with it! x

can u not combine breat and bottle u express ur milk and feed him throu the bottle as jase can help too and do a formula feed at night so u get longer to sleep what do u want to do hunni like tam said go with ur instict ur ot a bad mum if u go on the bottle u need to do whats right for u and baby xxx

Thanks guys

The Dr Brown bottles dont seem to be doing anything so as of an hour or so ago we have gone back to teh tommy tippi back to nature ones as they are shaped more like the breast, so if i do carry on trying to feed myself overnight, Adam will hopefuly latch on better.

trying to hard not to cry, keep hiding in here so Jase doesnt see im upset, i have to go in the front room now tho, Adam is screaming and i ahve left him with JAse

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im thinking about giving up the breastfeeding thing but i feel so guilty about it and i feel like i will be totally failing and i hate failing at something. As much as i love it, it is so painful, callum will only latch on to one side, which is now really sore, ive got a breast pump which is about as much use as a chocolate teapot and i havnt got the patience to express.

ive done it for nearly 5 weeks now, so atleast i can say ive tried it and given callum a good start. But i think bottle feeding is a definte for me now.

this mite sound daft but how do you go from breast to bottle, gradually or all in one go? callum already has a bottle at nite.

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You can only ever do what is best for both of you and by the sound sof it your head sounds battered and no wonder my head would be all over the place with the 3!

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Why don't you just put him back on the boob and see how you get on? No faffing with expressing, just pop it out and feed?