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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would have to agree with Jules there tash. I was always opposed to a dummy for my kids but your letter compelled me to reply because I am sure you have a 'sucky' baby!
A dummy, once I was persuaded, gave me endless days of sanity! I loved having my kids as babies but nobody can deny that it is so stressfull sometimes and we need time out. That is what having a dummy did for me, and the kids. At about 2 years old, when they could understand, I showed them the dummy was broken(!) and we bought a new one to give to a friends baby. Never mentioned again! good luck any way that you play it. x
It could also be that she isn't actually feeding long enough each session for the hind milk,which is more sustaining, to come through. Seek help from health visitor, midwife or your local breastfeeding support group to get to the real cause as you need your rest to be able to enjoy your baby. I breastfed my first 3 with no problems, but my youngest was exhausting - feeding every 2 hours day and night, sleeping very little, and refusing the bottle. If you are going to try the bottle again, try leaving her, and some expressed milk, with granny and go home for a couple of hours sleep.She won't starve and you'll not be able to step in with the breast after a few minutes - been there!
Don't go the bottle route! Once you have got over this hump, with the help of a dummy & a midwife to ensure she is getting the milk properly, you have a much easier life with a breast fed baby.
Where's lunch? - under my jumper! Free, healthy, less colic, snuggly - and the nappies hardly smell.
Good luck.