I breast fed both my daughters up to about 8 months.
My youngest (now 16 months) was offered a bottle at 6 weeks under the advice of my midwife. I was told that to offer sooner would risk her rejecting the breast.
I was keen to give her a bottle as I had a battle to get my first to take one. She refused until 7 months or so.
The same thing happened with my youngest. In fact she only ended up accepting formula even though I had been offering her breast milk very regularly.
I've been told that I should offer my new baby (due in 3 weeks) a bottle at 2 weeks.
I definately want to breastfeed for as long as I had before but will be needing to return to work far sooner.
Any advice will be gratefully appreciated.