My partner really wants to be fully involved in all aspects of looking after our child when it is born but we have agreed that obviously breast feeding will be the best for the baby. Has anyone successfully combined allowing a baby to feed from the breast and bottle at the same time? i.e I will express milk that he can feed the child in the evening when he gets home from work and the child will breast feed for the rest of the time. Are there any issues with using both bottle and breast?
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1 Ally_b33 // Sep 2, 2008
i plan on doing the same thing, but from my research, you need to breast feed at least a month before you put your child on a bottle because a bottle is easier to suck than a breast, and combining the two too early will just make it harder on you in respect to teaching the baby to latch on, and know the difference.
2 Kris Paw // Sep 2, 2008
You can certainly do that, when the baby is 4–8 weeks old and your breastmilk is well established
3 silly nilly // Sep 2, 2008
lots of people do that but it is very important that strictly breastfeeding is established for 6 weeks before bottle feeding is introduced. otherwise the baby can “decide” that he’d rather just drink from a bottle. some people call it “nipple confusion” but it is actually “nipple preference” it’s easier to drink from a bottle than from the breast so babies tend to chose the bottle unless breastfeeding is well established.
4 ? // Sep 2, 2008
i did this, bottled breast milk and breast. i found it nice to hand over baby to the daddy at night and he loved it and it brings dad and baby closer. my kids were fine with going from teat to nipple. the only way you will know if your baby will be fine with it is to try, he/she will soon let you know if they are not happy.
5 lilith2024 // Sep 2, 2008
i never had an issue with it. i would feed my darling..wait a half hour and then pump a few ounces. i would breast feed as much as possible of course, but like you..my fiance wanted to be totally involved as well so when nap time or bedtime came around, he would usually feed her the bottled breast milk and she would actually sleep better since she had a guaranteed full tummy..that being said we all got more sleep..lol..worked out for all of us
6 snookem // Sep 2, 2008
I am doing this right now. My daughter gets milk from the boob both thru nursing and expressing. I havnt had any negative issues with doing this. My hubby gets to bond with her thu feeding her which is very special and she is getting the best source of food she can get.She goes from bottle back to breast easily. there was confusion initially but she is fine now.
Another great thing is i can prepare dinner from start to fiinsh without having to stop and nurse because hubby can feed her. this is lovely
7 Abbii R // Sep 2, 2008
I done it with both of mine and intend to do it with this one. Make sure breast feeding is fully established before trying a bottle, normally a month to 2 months. And pick a bottle with a teat that mimics the breast to avoid confusion. It may take time to get your baby to take from the bottle, so don’t force it on them.
8 monkey // Sep 2, 2008
All babies are so different so you won’t know until you get your turn. I have 3 children and I had high hopes of breastfeeding them all. These are things that you just can’t plan for sometimes, I had so many hiccups along the way. So what worked best for me at the end of the day and I only managed to figure this out for myself with baby 3…IS
first of all, when you have your first baby everyone will just confuse you with all there advice and one person says ‘yes’ and the other one says ‘no’ and bla bla bla….Just listen to your own instincts at the end of the day…really…Use what you feel is useful to you and toss the rest.
So I’ll tell you what worked for me…but it may or may not work for you. Breastfeeding was so painful for me…(milk fever, cysts,cracked and bleeding nipples) I cried and cried and hated every moment, but I was adamant that my 3rd child would get breast milk so my husband went out to the shops and instead of the cabbage they brought around…the other times…he bought me an electric breast pump, so I expressed all my feeds with the pump (after the first 6 weeks…if u can handle it)…and it was still a glorious feeling..and that way I didn’t have to worry about bottle confusion and my husband could feed our baby too, which I honestly think is a bonding experience for father and child and my husband loved this time with our daughter. Good Luck