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Breast to bottle-advice needed

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Powlafeesh · 28/01/2014 15:29

Hello all, my DD is 8 months old and we've recently introduced a bottle which she seems to have taken to amazingly well, unfortunately a little too well as she seems a bit reluctant to take from the breast. We were hoping to combine feed and a small part of me is a little devastated, however how do I deal with the 5am wake up where she would have had a little breast and them goes back to sleep?
Also she's gone from having an hour lounge on the breast at her bed feed to tanking through a 7/6 oz feed in 20 mins but then continually wakes up til a cheeky dream feed a few hours later, I'm still producing milk as I do give her a top up now and then when she really calls for it, should I just let this go?
Any help or tips would by mostly appreciated.

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nirishma · 28/01/2014 15:52

Keep going if you want to. My dd loves bottles too as she's really lazy and hates the stress of trying not to choke on my letdown . She's six months soon and I was planning to wean onto bottles gradually as I'm back to work soon but I'm going to keep doing night and morning feeds as I feel sad to stop completely! I'm also trying her with a sippy cup that the health visitor gave me so that she can get on with feeding herself if need be. I would just offer her boob whenever you feel like it and if she eventually decides it's not worth the hassle then so be it.

muddylettuce · 28/01/2014 15:59

I am still weaning dd from boob to bottle, she is 9 months (almost) and I go back to work soon. The only feed I still do is the bedtime feed. If she wakes up in the night (rare) dp has given her a bottle or we've settled her without a feed. in a week or so I'll be cutting out bedtime too as I'll be working late...too chicken to do it before then! X

Powlafeesh · 29/01/2014 00:45

I think I'm defo gonna keep going, think I'm going to try and do the bed feed as this is the most settling, just tends to be the most longest.
I don't go back to work for another couple of months so I still have a little time.
Sippy cup seems like a good idea but she doesn't take from it like a bottle, maybe it's time to push that a bit more too!!

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