Question for all you moms out there... I want to breast feed for a few months (I've heard it's great for bonding) then I want to pump and put the milk in bottles for convenience purposes... How long do you think I should directly feed her from my breasts before I switch to bottles?
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you can pump and breastfeed! You can introduce baby to a bottle I believe at 4 week...you want to make sure baby can latch on well before introducing a bottle. don't want baby to get nipple confusion. Some babies can go back in fourth no problem! Set a goal to breast feed as long as you can,say at least 6 months then got for the rest of the year if you can. Pump at least 2 times a day that way you can store milk for when you need it. if your going back to work you'll need to pump every 2-3 hrs to ensure your milk supply stays up. trying to just strictly pump will be. a bit difficult and time consuming. So give baby that boob as long as you can! lol Good luck!
My son has been doing bottles and breast since he was a week old. If you don't Introduce it early enough they will refuse a bottle..I have 3 friends that has happened to. Just make sure they have their latch down first and you should be fine. We would give our son one bottle feed a day just to get him used to having both.