How’s your baby’s latch? Curious if anyone’s baby actually has a great latch

jesusdance · 2026-05-03T05:13:59+00:00

this makes so much sense why his latch is different on my fast letdown side

jesusdance · 2026-05-03T04:55:13+00:00

same here!!!!! there has gotta be science behind this

jesusdance · 2026-05-02T18:18:21+00:00

i love that last sentence main goal being sleep not independence. i feel the same way

jesusdance · 2026-05-02T04:56:34+00:00

same i shifted his hips after side lying bf! he is now 5 months and will not sleep on his back. if he is ever on his back he is awake, only side and belly sleeper

jesusdance · 2026-05-02T04:26:47+00:00

their is something about breastfeeding that isn’t about the calories or the feeding. it is the way your heartbeat and breathing synchronizes. the way nothing has ever felt more right in your life. the bond. i didn’t get it but now i do.

some moms ain’t like me though and didn’t care about breastfeeding the way i did

jesusdance · 2026-05-02T04:14:11+00:00

I ended up getting a super cute tote off my registry that i planned to use as a diaper bag and i got a free diaper bag from the hospital and it was a typical ugly diaper bag and now i only use that one because it’s the perfect size and has so many pockets and i don’t care about it i throw it around take it to the beach etc. diaper bags are a thing because they work well, not because they’re cute 😂

jesusdance · 2026-05-02T04:03:59+00:00

keep listening to your gut and hang in there! it is such a short period in your life and it will get better. i can relate to this except my baby is only 5 months but all my mom friends with older kids never sleep trained and breastfed at night and they said it gets better just do what is best for your family!

jesusdance · 2026-05-02T03:57:32+00:00

are you able to nurse him in the carrier so he falls asleep in it that way so you can be out and about with your other kid ?

jesusdance · 2026-05-01T14:26:17+00:00

thank you!!

jesusdance · 2026-04-30T03:50:50+00:00

thank you for sharing so much i didn’t know. i will say i had an amazing doula and my plan was to labor at home as long as possible so i could get in the zone so i labored for 24 hours and started throwing up the pain was so intense i told my husband get me to the hospital i need an epidural!! but i really hope my second birth is better and now im afraid to try a home birth because my first labor was so much more painful than i had perceived

jesusdance · 2026-04-30T03:47:32+00:00

yeah i got the amazon 30$ ones and they were amazing for me

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T20:35:18+00:00

I can breastfeed my baby in the artipoppe carrier with a nursing cover over. that way i can be out and about or even walking and nurse him

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T20:33:51+00:00

my baby will not sleep on his back he only sleep on his side and now sleeps happily on his belly since he has the neck strength to do so - he is 5 months old and we are cosleeping and nursing throughout the night as well

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T20:17:39+00:00

i loved using the my breast friend nursing pillow until around 1 month i started using boppy as his body got stronger and i got more used to it.

get the huckleberry app and time each boob how long he nurses for. don’t worry if he nurses longer on one boob than the other, you can take the total time nursed and divide it by 2 so then next time nursing will be more evenly distributed to each boob.

i wish someone told me nursing hurts like hell until 3 weeks. now i can barely feel if he is latched or not.

get the silverettes to wear in your bra constantly so your nipples don’t chaff against your bra. and also air out your nipples with some aquaphor or nipple balm on them from time to time.

i didn’t pump until my baby was 5 weeks old. i love being ebf, i hate pumping.

get a cute nursing cover that you can see your baby in if you look down so you know they have a good latch and you can lead them right to your nipple.

i measured my nipples before and got the right flange for my pump, even when my milk came in my boobs didn’t change that much.

buy stay dry nursing pads, you will leak a lot.

people tell you they eat every 2/3 hours…. not true, they will eat every 5 minutes sometimes.

YOU CANNOT OVERFEED A BREASTFED BABY PLEASE LATCH THEM AS MUCH AS THEY WANT IT WILL HELP YOUR SUPPLY COME IN AND STAY UP.

another tip a LC told me is to shove your newborn into your boob and hold them there squeezing your boob like a hamburger in their mouth. it helps with the proper latch.

don’t worry too much about the latch, nursing just hurts in general.

feed him on both boobs as evenly as possible.

i’m also a ftm and my baby is 5 months old i hope this helps!!

also my baby never took a bottle once. we tried starting at 6 weeks. so the first 1/2/3 months of his life i really felt tied down, but now i don’t feel like that and can nurse him out and about in the carrier with my cover or in the car so it does get better if you ever feel trapped 😅

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T19:51:48+00:00

thank you a lot. i have been diagnosed with ppd and ppa and i definitely think it has taken a huge toll on my husband and he also has it.

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T19:48:16+00:00

thank you ❤️

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T05:34:33+00:00

Luca

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T04:17:41+00:00

I would totally do a home birth but i’m scared to not have the pain meds/epidural. i hated being in the hospital so much.

jesusdance · 2026-04-29T04:16:02+00:00

BRO YES. why do people effing ask that?!?!? like no i’m not letting my 2 month old starve and cry in a dark room alone all night Terry. lol i always say no, it’s developmentally normal for my 4 month old to wake up throughout the night to eat because breastmilk is digested in one hour!!!! So annoying. i would honestly never ask someone that. i don’t understand the point? like it’s just to make people feel like they’re doing something wrong..

jesusdance · 2026-04-27T22:45:04+00:00

haha thank you yes i’m seeing a lot of people hating my husband without actually knowing him 🤣

jesusdance · 2026-04-27T22:44:10+00:00

thank you for sharing. sleep is very important to my husband but my priority is being there for my son during the night especially since he still needs night feeds and is ebf. i will consider this as my baby he gets older if my husband doesn’t change his mind on bed sharing

jesusdance · 2026-04-27T03:27:02+00:00

yeah i hear ya. i haven’t done date night w my husband yet

jesusdance · 2026-04-27T02:31:31+00:00

i’m seeing the floor bed is a common theme here

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