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advice on combining breast and bottle...
hi girls.
i have a 5week old boy and i want to try combinig breast and bottle. i have breastfed since birth but would really like to give my oh a chance to feed him aswel.
the problem is, i dont think he's going to take to the bottles very well. he loves his dummy and learnt how to use it the first time i gave it to him but iv tried him with a bottle about 3times now and he still wont take it. am i just being impatient? at first i tried him with avent bottles but then discovered the tommee tippee bottles so have been trying those with him now.
should i just keep trying every now and then or should i start a routine when using the bottles? would it make it easier for him if i gave him a bottle the same time every night? can some babies just not take to them atal? so many questions!!
thanx girlies xxx
i have a 5week old boy and i want to try combinig breast and bottle. i have breastfed since birth but would really like to give my oh a chance to feed him aswel.
the problem is, i dont think he's going to take to the bottles very well. he loves his dummy and learnt how to use it the first time i gave it to him but iv tried him with a bottle about 3times now and he still wont take it. am i just being impatient? at first i tried him with avent bottles but then discovered the tommee tippee bottles so have been trying those with him now.
should i just keep trying every now and then or should i start a routine when using the bottles? would it make it easier for him if i gave him a bottle the same time every night? can some babies just not take to them atal? so many questions!!
thanx girlies xxx
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I did have a hard time a few weeks ago when Evie would refuse a bottle, she was about 10-11 weeks. I think it was because I only used it once or twice a week for convenience, then that wasn't fair as she was so used to the breast by then and she was aware it was different. I just gave her a bottle every day for her lunchtime feed for 2 weeks, she got used to it again and hasn't had a problem since.
I highly recommend a book by Claire Byam-Cook called What to expect when you're breastfeeding and What if You can't...she gives some good advice on refusing a bottle.
Good luck!
Niki
Good luck
Kerry xx
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