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Pregnant with #3, really need this one to take a bottle

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CookingProblem · 26/01/2020 19:21

Baby due in 3 weeks and planning on breastfeeding but I really need this baby to be able to take a bottle of expressed milk too. I tired EVERYTHING with my last two but they just weren't having any of it. I know you are supposed to establish bfing before introducing a bottle but think I may have waited too long. They didn't have dummies but wondering if one will help this baby accept a bottle?

Any tips/experiences/recommendations welcome please.

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FaithInfinity · 26/01/2020 20:08

I had to express anyway because I was using nipple shields (low birth weight, latching issues). I insisted on no bottles to start with til we have got the latch sorted but when DD was 3 weeks I was on my knees (DH direct quote!) so he gave her a bottle of expressed milk. She took a bottle most days from then on - I continued to BF but she was fine with a bottle too. We introduced formula at 3 months and she was mix fed until she turned one when she stopped having bottles and went on to cow’s milk from a sippy cup. I think we did it late enough that she didn’t get confused with her latch but early enough that she didn’t refuse a bottle.

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