So Sorry to hear such a sad story

I do hope the little boy pulls through, he sounds strong. We had problems with mabel when she was born she was very weak and could not latch on at all without me holding her on to the teat, but once she was on she did manage to suckle with me holding her and by day 7 she was doing it herself, we did a combination of the advice given, squeeze milk on to teat rub her little muzzle on the teat, help her open her mouth and get her latched on. What we also did was before each feed wed warm her up by cuddling her first, she seemed to suckle and latch on better

All best wishes sent to you x