Even though I had experienced breastfeeding two babies, my third baby was really challenging to feed

by Narelle
(Australia)

My second child had only just finished breastfeeding a few months before my daughter was born and I thought everything would be really easy, but I was in for a shock!

My daughter was a lot smaller than my boys had been and consequently had a really little mouth. The difference between a two year old mouth and a newborn's is quite large, but to go to a newborn with a particularly tiny little mouth was tough.

My nipples were really sore for at least a month after she was born, and the initial few feeds were difficult for us.

Obviously everything got easier with each passing day, but I was really surprised that it would be so difficult after the first two babies had fed so easily.