Han89, i'm having the same problem
gave birth about 3 weeks ago, but didn't breastfeed straightaway. Only started on the forth day. He was fine for about a week, but now he refuses to latch on properly and gets angry and cries if I make him try...
But I'm trying everyday, he latched on and suckled twice yesterday morning, but not today...
I guess we just have to keep trying, and not let people like henryhing bring us down...
Good luck to us!

wow, i wonder if henryhing is guy or a girl...

and if she's a girl i wonder if she's been pregnant and have a baby before..

please don't go around calling people uneducated.

prior to delivery i read many articles online, in magazines, leaflets about breastfeeding.

it just so happens my milk didn't come in until the 4th day, maybe since i was induced and delivered 2 weeks earlier than my due date.
and when it did come, my baby did and was able to latch on and i directly breastfeed him for a whole week, but he was also fed expressed breast milk in the bottle since some people thought he wasn't getting enough milk from me. and he was fine for that whole week, switching between bottle and boob, until one day he just got lazy and prefer the bottle.
and again through educating myself, i discovered this is called nipple preference.
so now he's still getting breast milk only it's given to him through a bottle.
i don't feel it's a trouble to pump, i'm given 3 months leave, so i have ample time to build my stock.
and it's also quite convenient that other family members, not just me, can feed him too.

please stop shooting off your mouth now.

nipple confusion n nipple preference are 2 different things.. my baby can latch on and suckle for a while but then he will stop n reject n scream for the bottle.

it's easy for u to say isn't it, like it's something that can be done with a snap of a finger. Congrats to u for being a dad to a fully breastfed baby, congrats to ur wife also for having it easy or for whatever problems u've overcome.

But there are people out there who are trying to give their babies the best they can or they intend to but they're not as lucky as u or ur wife.

So please change ur tone when replying n stop being so righteous just because u managed to do things right.