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ready to quit    1. #1     Join Date     Jun 2013      Default
10 Months baby won't wait for letdown, ready to quit      I
never thought I would say this, but I am at my wits end and
ready to quit. My goal was to BF until 2 years but we just hit
10 months and I don't think I can go much longer. The baby has
lost all patience for initiating letdown. She won't stay latched
long enough to initiate and gets frustrated because milk doesn't
come out instantly. I have to use my pump to initiate letdown or
she will go without nursing. It started 2 months ago with only
the bedtime feeding, then went to last 2 feedings of the day,
and now it's every feeding except the first one in the morning.
It makes me feel like she hates breastfeeding and I am torturing
her trying to force her to breastfeed.      We saw a an IBLC LC
who recommended getting her tongue and lip clipped but my
husband just doesn'