If you breastfeed and decide to introduce the bottle at the recommended time (4-6 weeks, after breastfeeding is well established), make sure to keep your baby used to it by giving them the bottle every other day or so.
Source: Unknown, but I've met many moms now who introduced the bottle early and then dropped it, just to find at the end of their maternity leave they wouldn't take it anymore.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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Very wise advice. We assumed our little one would remember the bottle, since she drank from it almost exclusively for the first month while we were working on latch... and one month off the bottle was more than enough for her to forget. And get really, really frustrated the night mommy wasn't home and the bottle was the only option....
ReplyDeleteWe had this problem too! Although I've also heard of plenty of people who kept up the bottle but their babies eventually rejected it anyway-- apparently they can wise up after awhile! So keeping it up doesn't necessarily mean it will go well!
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