need some motivation!

Eileen
Hi mamas... so I've been breastfeeding my son for six weeks now and it was going pretty well though we use a nipple shield because he had trouble latching st the beginning.
These past few days he's been nursing longer and longer and pulls off a couple times before he's done. Which of course makes it take even longer. I have to wait and see if he wants more before closing up my shirt. It's frustrating to not really know if he's done. I've tried without the nipple shield to see if he gets more milk faster and I think he does but he always gets frustrated at some point and I put it back on so he can finish! In short I'm getting frustrated and jealous of bottle feeding... and everything was going well till this past week. At night sometimes he takes an hour to nurse and then wants to nurse again an hour later. Sigh. Need some reassurance that it'll go back to normal and get more streamlined! I'm getting so discouraged.

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