, but you are doing great. Any amount of bsalrtmiek is good. I had different experiences with all three of my kids. My son was given a bottle before I was able to try to nurse and as a result he was a lazy eater. A LC came to the house and lent me a pump because my milk didn't come in. Once it did on day 6, my son was a great nurser and i kept at it until he quit cold turkey at 18 months. My first daughter was great and latched immediately. She HATED bottles, so she continued until I decided to stop at 22 months. With my youngest everything seemed ok, but then i wound up with the same wounds that you seem to have. I remember being at a grocery store at 3am, crying as I bought formula because I couldn't deal with the pain. Thanks to great LCs and nipple shields, I was able to continue nursing, discarded the shields after about a month and continued nursing until she was 17 months. I did pump with all of them because I work full time, but that made it easier to have others help with feedings. Good luck and keep up the great job that you are doing.