You may have already tried, but have you tried giving him your finger to suck on? My little boy is the same, he definitely needs to suckle for comfort at times, and when I haven’t been able to get a boob out (in the car, or trying to settle him in the crib etc) I gently put my finger in his mouth and he suckles like crazy until he’s settled. You can feel the suction on your finger looses when he’s either calm or dozing off and it’s worked great for us to avoid using a dummy! X
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@Melissa He has gained weight since birth only the tiniest amount but the midwife is very happy because she said that never usually happens with just breast fed babies, this makes me think it’s can’t be hunger and I always try the boob for around 20 mins with no luck before I end up thinking it must just be a comfort suckle that he wants xx
Is he getting enough milk? When my first was born, I had to combi feed until I produced enough milk. Then I phased out the formula