Breastfeed your baby exclusively for that 6 to 8 weeks maternity leave, except your final week, start introducing the bottle to the baby, BUT HAVE daddy or grandma or someone else feed the baby, baby has a hard time taking bottle from mommy cause they can smell you and they want the "real" thing vs the bottle, good luck
My oldest daughter refused to ever take a bottle, thankfully I works somewhere where my breaks I could go to her and breastfeed my second did alright transitioning between both
Not.much BC the nipple confusion. Thing is bad. I usually straight up pump so he gets the breast.milk from a bottle that was hubby can feed him to Nd anyone that babysits if you work. A pacifier cause extreme nipple confusion too...
I recently took a breastfeeding class that my hospital offered and the lactation consultant told us its good to slowly introduce a bottle after about 3-4 weeks. That way it gives the baby a chance to get used to nursing but doesn't wait too long that once you try to introduce a bottle they are already too used to your breast.
Yea you should take the breastfeeding class its helpful!!
I live in a small town and they don't offer classes unfortunately. I do plan on talking to a lactation consultant no matter what though. Thanks for the tips! I'm staying home, since the husband makes enough we don't need my income, but I know there will be times I'll need him to take a feeding or need a baby sitter, so I'm hoping this little man will do ok with both. My nephew had no problem switching, just wouldn't take a bottle from my sister. Like you said, he knew he could have it fresh! My niece though won't take a bottle easily and my sister works two 16 hour shifts a week, so those two days she can't feed her. I plan to always just feed him when I am around, but I am also a bridesmaid in a wedding when he will only be 2-3 months old, so it would be very helpful if he will take a bottle. Any other tips are very welcome. Thanks for the responses!
I'm surprised that they don't offer it. Usually all hospitals do
It's one thing I miss about living in the city, the hospital here is very small. The store in town has some diapers and formula and a very small selection of baby items. The closest walmart is 45 minutes away, and they also have a small selection of items. I order pretty much everything online or get it when we drive the 2 1/2 hours to the city. I will be making sure I see the lactation consultant though.
Also, there are like 70000 different types of nipples so you may want to get a combo pack to see which one the baby likes best. I had to go through several with my first baby before we found one she liked. The second baby didn't care what type it was...
I didnt even think of trying different nipples out! That's definitely something I'll have to keep in mind.
The nuk bottles worked best for me never had a problem with any of my girls
I would just try to offer a bottle every so often after at least 4 wks of nursing. My son did better with any bottle with the fat (wide) nipples bc its more like real nipples. And my son didn't mind taking a bottle from me most of the time...but that was after he had been bottle fed for awhile. I'd let dad try the bottle for the first few wks. Good luck!
I plan on only bottle feeding when I'm unavailable, but who knows. It's my first and I have ideas of how I would like things to go, but I'm sure things will change once we are there. So I should wait at least a few weeks so that he has time to be comfortable and learn breast feeding correct?