If you pump and feed from bottle will your baby still latch and want the boob or does bottle and breast feeding mess up you breast feeding?

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My pediatrician said bottle feeding can interfere with breast feeding, but I personally haven’t had any issues.

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It’s always best to establish a good latch with breastfeeding first. Do some research on nipple confusion, and it’ll help you decide what is best for you and baby. Honestly, if you can exclusively breastfeed, try to do that. If not, definitely make sure to set up time to get a good breastfeeding relationship in first then start to introduce bottles. There’s a lot of good bottles that mimic the breast!

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Depends on how old baby is. Once baby has established a good breastfeeding habit then you can start a bottle. We didn’t introduce a bottle until 6 weeks old and my son nursed for a year and a half

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I didn’t have an issue going back and forth with my first but my second refused the bottle.  I was a sahm though so I didn’t try very hard.

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I think a lot of the time adding a bottle isn’t recommended. Some babies will happily take either but some will end up rejecting the breast. I was told that if I wanted to try to introduce pumping for a bottle, to try after they are at least 6 weeks old and I’m breastfeeding without any issues. There’s also the issue of pumping making you potentially produce more milk which may be a good thing or it might mean that you end up producing more than you need. You’ve also got to considering the time that you’re giving the bottle as if you breastfeed at night, the milk will contain hormones that help the baby go to sleep so if you give them pumped milk from during the day then they will be less likely to sleep quite as well and vice versa. For some people it can be quite straight forward but it probably needs a bit of planning but it doesn’t for everyone. You can always get advice from your doctor on it. Personally I’m going to try pumping a little for occasional use eventually but we will see what happens :) x

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I think it depends of the baby. One of my friend breastfed baby and her baby refuses any bottle, another one mix breastfeeding and formula and baby doesn’t mind

If you pump and feed from bottle will your baby still latch and want the boob or does bottle and breast feeding mess up you breast feeding?

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