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Congrats on the birth of your little guy! I'm no expert, but I'd hang in there until the TT has been clipped and you've both had a chance to work with the LC. My DS had a tongue tie and would also refuse, arch, scream when I tried to get him to latch, even though he was clearly hungry. He was the other way around though and only did it during the day! It does take a little time after they've had it clipped for their latch to improve as they need to re learn how to use their tongue, but it's great you've caught it so early.

@blackbird: with DS I would trick him. Started with the bottle just to get him calm. Then switch to breast. I also used the shield which helped.

@blackbird: Are you doing everything you can to make him really awake? When my LO was a newborn we had to turn all the lights on, strip her naked, and hold a cold wash cloth against her feet to get her to wake up enough to nurse during the night! That would be my only suggestion.

@blackbird: We figured if we pissed her off enough she'd eat just to get us off her back so we'd let her go back to sleep

I would think the tongue tie clip would help a lot
We had some struggle like yours but it was from engorgement and flat nipples, so the shield worked like a charm for us. Good luck.

@blackbird: I feel your pain! I hope getting the tongue tie clipped fixes it for you. My LO did soooo much better with his latch after that. He used to be super fussy at the breast but now he loves it. I just wish I had more milk to give him.