DS2 is 9 1/2 months, and has recently started to seem like he is favouring bottle feeds over breast. I had to introduce the bottle at 3 1/2 months when I went back to work (took 8 weeks of trying), so he had bottles in the night 3 nights a week, but at that point it didn't seem to affect how much he wanted to breastfeed - even if he had just had a bottle, he would want a feed from me as soon as he saw me.
I started days 3 weeks ago, 3 days a week, so will give him a feed at about 6 then go to work, then he has bottles all day including his bedtime feed (which is my favourite, cos he's so snuggly, and it's the only feed that he isn't wriggling around like an octopus!). I sometimes do 3 shifts in a row, so he only gets the morning feed and during the night for all that time, which now seems to have made him prefer the bottle, and for the last few days after a feed he still seems unsettled and does his 'milk' cry. He also goes crazy when he sees anything resembling a bottle.
Just realised how long this is, so will wrap it up. Should I continue feeding him myself, or should I start giving him one bottle a day? I'm worried that it will stop him wanting milk from me at all, and I really wanted to get to at least a year
Sorry for rambling!