G/C BF question!
Hi
I am a BIO mummy but will be going back to work in about 6 months time (you guys are 6 months ahead of me) and I wondered if any of you could give me some advice?
LO is 4 months old and has been EBF i have started on baby rice this week. Despite best efforts over a long period she will not take a bottle, so think i will be BF for the long term.
I am basicially worrying about whether i will be able to get her off the breast by the time i go back to work when she is 10 months old. Are your LO's pretty much weaned by this point? Do they still need a milk feed from breast/bottle or do they take a cup now? I have tried LO on a first sippy cup suitable from 4 months, but because she cant suck from a bottle, she cant suck from the spout either - although i accept that it's early days with this!
For those of you who had to go back to work whilst still BF for some feeds, how do you cope?
A lot of questions, which i am sorry about , but i hope that you can allay some of my fears!
Ta MM xx
I am a BIO mummy but will be going back to work in about 6 months time (you guys are 6 months ahead of me) and I wondered if any of you could give me some advice?
LO is 4 months old and has been EBF i have started on baby rice this week. Despite best efforts over a long period she will not take a bottle, so think i will be BF for the long term.
I am basicially worrying about whether i will be able to get her off the breast by the time i go back to work when she is 10 months old. Are your LO's pretty much weaned by this point? Do they still need a milk feed from breast/bottle or do they take a cup now? I have tried LO on a first sippy cup suitable from 4 months, but because she cant suck from a bottle, she cant suck from the spout either - although i accept that it's early days with this!
For those of you who had to go back to work whilst still BF for some feeds, how do you cope?
A lot of questions, which i am sorry about , but i hope that you can allay some of my fears!
Ta MM xx
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In November (when she was 6.5 months) I had a trial run with MIL who has her one day a week now I'm back at work. I gave her some milk in the cup for that day. It was a bit of effort, but MIL managed to get pretty much a carton of Aptimil down her in seperate feeds during the day. I figured she would be ok with a morning and night BF from me and plenty of dairy in her food.
I dropped one daytime feed at the end of November and just offered her the cup, although it was quite slow going. One day I was making up a feed in a bottle to transfer to the cup and she reached for it, so I gave it to her and she drank the lot! Haven't looked back, I went back to work in Jan and she still has 2 feeds from me and 2 bottles a day. I did think about by passing the bottle altogether, but frankly it was a lot less messy than the cup and she takes much more from the bottle. I'll try and wean her off as she gets closer to a year.
Also - you might have to experiment with some sippy cups before you find one she gets on with. DD didn't get on at all with the ones that are from a young age with a valve, you have to suck way too hard! We just use a cheapy TT one with the flip up spout, although it's free flow and there was a bit of spluttering at the start, she quickly got the hang of it with me helping to regulate how far it was tipped up.