I just introduced one bottle to my 9 week old today for the first time and he took it without any problem. In two months he will be spending overnight with grandma. How often should I give him a bottle? Is once or twice a week ok?
depends on the baby I think. My hubby was supposed to give DD a bottle once a day, but it ended up being hardly ever. She took to it fine the first time and would take one whenever offered, so it wasn't a problem with her (she LOVED eating) but other kids might be a lot more picky.
I have read that experts suggest one bottle a day, otherwise it's just not frequent enough and they might refuse it in time. So do that if you can, otherwise I would do every other day.
daily! & the bottle needs to be given by different people regularly & at different times of the day.....especially Dad at bedtime. This way your baby will learn adaptability......& life will be easier for all involved.
This also applies to pretty much everything in his life! Rotate the responsibilities & he'll be a much happier baby......Peace!
I would say a couple times a week. Since I SAH, I didn't push getting my LO to take a bottle. He would take one every now and then before 3 months, but refused all bottles until 9 months. Even if I wasn't there and he was starving, he wouldn't take one (he would scream til I got home). He only wanted to nurse. But now he'll take one every now and then. I wish I had tried harder so I could have been away for more than a couple hours at a time (it really limited date nights with DH). My ODS was in daycare and went back and forth just fine between breast and bottle, so this was a new challenge for me. Maybe slowly start introducing more as it gets closer to his overnight. Try once a week, then twice, then 3/week, etc... That way you know he's fine with it and you won't have to worry if he's eating:)
i froze my milk if u do that it last a little bit.. thats what happend to me.. lol
hope u figure it out :)
My son is 10 weeks and gladly takes breast or bottle. I introduced the bottle at 1 month and he gets at least one bottle (pumped breastmilk) a day.
My daughter is 4 months old and I exclusively feed breastmilk. I stay at home, so I can nurse all the time. HOWEVER, I really wanted to make sure she was ok with a bottle, so I would give her a bottle somewhat frequently. If your baby is nursing with no problem, I would really say it is ok to give him a bottle when you'd like. My lactation nurse said that if you exclusively nurse for the first 6wks, you pretty much eliminate the risk of "nipple confusion". If you know that there will be times when you will be away, and he will then need to use a bottle, my suggestion would be to make sure you are comfortable that he will 100% take the bottle when it comes time! Trust me, I've seen people with babies who refuse the bottle, so for that reason, I have always made sure my 3 kids would also feed from both myself and others with it! But, like I said, with my 4mo old daughter, I give her a bottle a few times a week and nursing is still going great!!
I hope this helps!
Good luck & congrats on your new baby!!
That would probably work. Sounds like he's gonna be fine with it.
Sounds ok to me.
Remember if he does get to the point where he only wants mama, as someone pointed out, there are other ways to get the contents of a bottle into a baby. Grandma (or babysitter) can use a spoon, cup, syringe, clean washcloth dipped in milk, etc if baby absolutely won't take the bottle.
Just be sure the bottle has a SLOW FLOW nipple so he has to work at it just like he has to from you. Happy 9 Weeks!!
I would give her a bottle once a day. Both my three years old and 5 month old stopped taking a bottle at about three months old, even though I gave them pumped bottles from the day they were born about twice a week. They get picky around 3 months and really want mamma.
