how long did it take for ur baby to take the ebm in bottle

[hermykne]

i am b/feeding but need to intro bottle as ds is pretty hungry. so i have been attempting the bottle this past week with really only one instance of sucess where he took 3oz between feeds from hubbie at 8.30pm.
he fumbles/fusses/wails/pushes away - this is common? or do they get the hang of it pretty quick
should i be really hard and just let him go without the breast and persist with the boob for that particular feed or will that just make him more cross? he is 4wks .

you dont needt o supplement bf with bottles
if he doesnt want it carry on bf MUCH BETTER FOR HIM

the " hungry baby " thing is a myth
I bet he is cryinf becasue he is a baby - they ar e like hat babies

also think of hte money you rae saving ( ready to buy lovely winter clothes)and te calories oyu are burning up
I tell you lots of women on here who ha dgreat propblmes bf ( me included) would have loved to bf past 4 weeks

keep going
babies cry!

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hey HK bet yo cant get to 6 weeks.. or can you?
isnt it 10 days most people give up?

oh yes
jiggling

Yes, yes, yes. Total myth that you dno't have enough milk. My two fed/wailed absolutely constantly at that age, little sods - and I wanted to throw them out of the window - but the one thing I do know was that I was making enough milk. Good luck, sweetie.

thanx e/one but i plan on b/feeding til 6mths, this is just to allow me a bit of time with dd in the afternnon or an early night.
i'm all for b/f.
he does feed every 2 to 2 1/2 hrs

Everyone is right - babies cry. It's what they do. I think you don't need the stress of introducing a bottle when your baby is so young. Don't all small babies feed every 2 to 2.5hours or even more frequently? Mine did for much, much longer than this. I used to lie and say he fed every three hours because this is what people seemed to expect, but he never did.

Just seen your last post. I think you have to weigh up what is more stressful, breastfeeding or struggling to give a bottle.

aloha, i agree giving a bottle is stressful too.
he is a big baby, 4 wks and 13lb2. but i know thats what they do, i have forgottenalready from the first time around.
its just i feel for my dd who just seems to see me feedind constantly.

Hi hermykne, I'm due any time now, and though I never gave DD a bottle throughout 14 months of breastfeeding, I've every intention of expressing as soon as possible this time around to allow myself some alone time with my DD1. I'm also hoping to involve her as much as possible when I'm feeding - reading with her at the same time and that sort of thing......are there any tricks you use to involve your DD such as this? I'm only asking as it does concern me that my time will be so limited while exclusively breastfeeding, which does worry me!
One trick I think I read here re bottle feeding a breastfed baby is to wrap the bottle in mums bra! There also seem to be certain bottles or feeding systems that breastfed babies seem more comfortable with (Haberman is one). Good luck with this, I think I'd persevere at this stage if I were you, you've already spent a week working at it? Maybe you're near to a breakthrough .

One of the things that I think is important when you have a new baby is that your older child (children) realise that the baby becomes involved in their activities or Dad actually does more than before.

If you want to spend time with another child you can do so with babe attached to breast. So much easier than Bottle feeding IMO. I have read stories and had conversations with toddlers with babes attached to breast. Baby doesn't care as long as they are latched on and toddlers don't care as long as they have the attention. Dad can take turns at reading bedtime story or keep baby amused until one-to-one toddler time has been achieved.

4 week old breastfed babies are demanding but once they are older and more settles, more time can be given to toddlers. Personally I do not think that giving a bottle of EBM is the answer. Babe is deprived of breast contact which is very important and mum gets stressed out because they won't take it. Utilise Dad more if he is on the scene. I appreciate it is much more difficult when you are on your own though. Part of life experience is your first child realising that yhey need to share you.

mears thank you very much for that advice, i think i am being a bit impatient with myself and forgetting how small baby is and his needs. maybe its panic too, for a few weeks down the road, as my first didnt take a bottle until 5mths , under duress.
i di feel guilty he isnt getting the same attention dd got when a feed could go on for an hour and you just casually lie/sit there blissfully happy. instead its "outside" "book" "bickie" from dd and up i get.but she is v good and as soon as baby starts to cry its "mama bobo" to me for him.
thanks again,

you are doing really well Hk
rememer toutr dd will not remember any of this so dont feel guilty
snuggle up with her have a bag of sweets to eat whe n you feed or a stack of books

levanna
i try to set up the room so things are handy for dd but it doesnt always work out. generally she will occupy herself, its me more than anything, i want to be with her when shes sand building or digging or reading....but i suppose i have to get on with no2 andrealise i will have that time back again.
its hard and i have a friend in a similar situation so thats someone to talk to when it gets a bit hectic!