Ok ladies,
So here is my predicament. I have twins who will be 3w on Monday. In the hospital, I would BF, but the girls would only suck for about 5-8 min and then stop from exhaustion. We would then supplement while I pumped. My milk came in fully by day 4 post c-section and one baby in the hospital was a champion latcher, while the other struggled.
So we get home, and while the girls were defintely getting milk from me while nursing, they still could not suck longer than 10min, and still appeared hungry when finished. So our routine looked like this: I would BF each baby for about 10 min, then pass them off to DH who would give them EBM from a bottle, and I would pump. This was taking nearly 2hrs!
Meanwhile, my champion latcher decided that she wasn't interested in the breast anymore: she would latch, then rear back and whip her head from side to side. And my struggling latcher became an excellent latcher. I reached my breaking point and went to straight bottle feeding using EBM. DH tandem bottle feeds while I pump, or we each take a twin and then I pump when they're finished with their bottles.
I want to try to get back to BFing, at least during the day. I've tried once each day and while one baby is great, the other still is struggling. I don't think it's nipple confusion, b/c she often does the same thing with the bottle (rearing back and shaking her head from side to side).
I guess I'm asking for any advice you can give me...how can I get my reluctant eater to latch? Also, why does she refuse to eat when she is clearly hungry? (She will fuss and demonstrate clear hungry cues like open mouth and rooting at feeding times).
Sorry for the long rambling post....definitely sleep deprived here
Oh, and my girls were born at 36w6d, so we are nearly to their full term date...
TIA!