When did you start introducing a bottle to your breastfed babies? My mom wants to take my week old over night soon but I’m not sure how soon to start a bottle
How soon did you start putting cereal in baby's bottle?
So I'm forced to re-train my LO to take bottles since I'm starting school & work soon & she absolutely hates it 😩😑 It sucks so much forcing her to take it, if I could... I would give her my boobs 24/7 😴😭 She completely refuses bottles at the moment.. 😢
Should I let my x know when labor starts
Pumping When did you ladies start pumping and introducing a bottle? I want to do it as soon as possible but not too soon. My doula knows a lot about breastfeeding and said 3 weeks. I've had another friend say sooner than that because if I wait he might not take a bottle. It all seems like a nightmare lol.
time to start sterilizing her bottles.😍😍😍
Samantha Groves·
I wouldnt for like a month
Samantha Groves·
Just saying cause as soon as I intruduced it she refused breast after
Courtney Z·
The other side of this is you would have to pump or risk losing your supply/becoming engorged. It always drove me nuts when people were like "oh I'll take the baby so you can have a night off and rest" or "just take a bottle with you so you dont have to worry about it". Nursing doesnt just affect the baby, especially this early.
Lacie Marie·
Baby needs her mom, she’s so little I definitely wouldn’t be letting her stay anywhere for a while. Theirs a difference between a 1-2 hr break vs. a whole night. Plus your milk is still regulating out, so that could affect it as well.
Brianna Berger·
I didn't introduce the bottle until 6 weeks, which was right before I went back to work.
Cams ·
That’s too soon to be away from baby.
Christine Phillips·
With my first we introduced at a few weeks old, due to supplement of formula. By 4 months he preferred bottle to breast.
With my current we started about 4 weeks to do one a week, to prepare for when I went back to work. He still preferred breast at 6 months old