My baby is preterm and couldn’t take my breast milk for the 1st month. Now he is 1.5 months old but refuses to have breast milk, doesn’t want to latch on to my breasts. How do I get him on breast milk without expressing? Right now on formula milk completely

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NikithaMom of a 10 yr 9 m old boy4 years ago

A. hello if you are having flat nipples then sucking can be difficult and in such case you may use nipple shield which can help the baby to suck milk easily or you can express your milk and feed the same in the bottle too

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