When it works (read: when it's pain-free and you don't feel like biting through your knuckles or throwing the TV through the window while you're doing it), breastfeeding can be magical for both mum and baby. Of course, it's not going to be enjoyable when you're in pain but for me it doesn't really work when I'm suffering from severe sleep deprivation either.
That's why combining breastfeeding with bottle-feeding using expressed breast milk or infant formula milk, also known as mixed feeding, has really helped my family. It means we do one night-feed using formula milk, which is also a great way for dad to get involved with feeding his baby, too. Or he could just be worried about the telly.
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