Trouble latching

I had my first baby last week and while I was in the hospital, the lactation consultant had me use a nipple shield to get my baby to latch and now he won’t latch without it. Does anyone have any advice on how I can get him to stop using it? It makes breastfeeding so much harder, and if I were to ever lose or forget my nipple shield somewhere I’d be screwed. I’m producing plenty of milk, I’d really just love to not use a nipple shield