breast feeding

[Ella3823]

ok so im planing on breast feeding but i want to knw if its ok to pump milk for d baby..cos there r times i might want to sleep and if my baby gets hungry my fiance can feed him with d bottle while i take a nap.or is there a specific time to start bottle feeding with my breast milk or should i just breast feed my baby directly with my breast for d first months of his life??im just 14weeks almst 15 bt i want to know..

[sarwin90]

With my first I didn't try to give her a bottle until about ten weeks and she hated it. She never took a bottle.I tried every brand there was. I'm def going to try earlier than that with this next baby.

[Ella3823]

aww txs sarah...i appreciate ur comment and yea sure i plan on getn a nursn bra..congrats on ur little angel...

[saramay2014]

I let the nursery have the baby the first night cause i was exausted n it took about a week for her to latch back onto me, she wanted the bottle cause it was easyer but now she will take whatever will get her full lol plus she like my mik better, i hate useing a bottle at night cause ill fall asleep while holding it for her while she lays beside me n itll fall outa her mouth n she will start crying n wake me up, its alot easyer to just pop a boobie in her mouth n then as long as im positioned good i can fall right back asleep till either shes done or i wake up n find shes asleep n i just hook my bra back together, i suggest getting a nursing bra that has no underwire for night time cause i tryed goin without one at first n milk got all over every one of my tank tops when i did n it was terible... but also get one with wire for daytime ull need good support :) good luck

[Ella3823]

Txs for d coments..ftm so i dnt realy knw much about al this..txs for sharing and congrats u all..

[maica_mommyof4]

I pumped as well for work, but my baby wouldn't start trying a bottle until about 4-6 weeks. Breastfeeding at night for me actually wasn't that bad though. I would stay awake long enough for my baby to latch on then go right back to sleep lol. Co-sleepings saved me lots of sleepless nights

[Ella3823]

Really i appreciate ur comments..txs alot...would breast feed for some time bfr i strt pumping..and lol @greek mom thats exactly wat my fiance and i are planing on doing too so that we would both hv time to rest..txs

[Lexx1996]

Let the baby learn how to latch on to your breast good first then start pumping and giving the bottle

[GeekMom1213]

It's best to wait at least a couple weeks (some sources say 2-4 weeks others say 4-6 and some say even more) before introducing a bottle. Babies can be picky or lazy - once they learn that milk comes from a bottle faster and easier than from the breast they sometimes decide to refuse the breast in favor of what's easiest. I believe I started pumping at about 3 weeks to get my son used to the idea before I went back to work at 6 weeks and he continued to nurse happily at the breast for two full years. So yeah, you should wait for a while, but you don't have to wait for months.
If you're looking for ways to get more rest while breastfeeding a newborn, try this - when my son was brand new, my husband and I had an agreement. When baby woke at night it was my husband who would get up and get him, change his diaper, and bring him to me to nurse. So I got to stay snuggled in bed for those few precious minutes. Sure, once the little one was done nursing I had to get up to put him back in his bed, but it made a huge difference to not have to do it all on my own.