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I am thinking about stop bf my baby when he is between 6 and 8 months old. He is 3 weeks old right now so I still have a long ways to go. My question is that how do I go about this? Do I put him on the bottle with formula or try to get him used to a sippy cup at 6 months old? I haven't gotten him trained on a bottle yet for when I go out or if someone watches over him they can feed him. The reason that I haven't trained him on a bottle yet is that I want to make sure he has the hang of bf. It gets confusing on what to do... With my first child I had to pump over a year and use formula at the end because it took her that long to drink out of a sippy and my milk supply went way down.
Advise would be great! I know its early to ask this, but I like to prepare myself for things. Thank you!
My baby is 5 1/2 months now and i think im going to start to wean her in a few weeks. Mainly because i want to get back on birth control and her teething is beginning to hurt me. lol. I have just began her on solids 2 times a day and plan on going to 3 after she is 6 months. I bought the nuk soft tip sippy and she is taking to it well for juice or water to keep her from getting constipated. my plan is to continue to bf her at first and start her on formula 1 to 2 times a day (maybe when we are out and about) and nurse her at home between solids. Slowly begin to add more formula over breast milk until she is completely weaned. This will also help it from hurting as bad when you start drying up since your milk supply will slowly be decreesing. also not sure if you know what type of bottle you want to use but my lil girl was stricktly bf for the first month and she took well to the tommie tippy once i gave her pumped milk. they really are so much like natural nipple. hope i helped good luck and congrats!!
i THINK THIS IS THE BEST IDEA YET, IM IN THE SAME PERDICAMENT, MY SON IS TEETHING AND IT JUST SIMPLY HURTS !! LOL I WISH MY HUSBAND KNEW WHAT IT FELT LIKE LOL ANYWAYS I WANT TO START WEANING HIM OFF AND IVE DONE THE SAME STARTED PUTTING HIM ON SOLIDS I LIKE THE REST OF YOUR IDEAS ALSO IM GOING TO TRY THE NUK SO NIPPLES TOO I HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM!! GREAT IDEAS THANKS!
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My baby is 5 1/2 months now and i think im going to start to wean her in a few weeks. Mainly because i want to get back on birth control and her teething is beginning to hurt me. lol. I have just began her on solids 2 times a day and plan on going to 3 after she is 6 months. I bought the nuk soft tip sippy and she is taking to it well for juice or water to keep her from getting constipated. my plan is to continue to bf her at first and start her on formula 1 to 2 times a day (maybe when we are out and about) and nurse her at home between solids. Slowly begin to add more formula over breast milk until she is completely weaned. This will also help it from hurting as bad when you start drying up since your milk supply will slowly be decreesing. also not sure if you know what type of bottle you want to use but my lil girl was stricktly bf for the first month and she took well to the tommie tippy once i gave her pumped milk. they really are so much like natural nipple. hope i helped good luck and congrats!!
yes i think it is the beast idea! my sister had difficulty of trying to changed from breast feeding to a bottle until her child became 1 year old and they diffinitely makes a lot of effort to stop the breastfeed.
I tried a bottle the first time at probablly 7 weeks. 6-8 is the reccomendation, because if you wait too long they won't take a bottle at all. I personally plan on breastfeeding until at least a year. We'll see how the teething goes. Milk supply will go down once you start solid food. They'd only burse every 4-5 hours, more like a snack and comfort. Mine will only take NUK nipples though
My baby is 5 1/2 months now and i think im going to start to wean her in a few weeks. Mainly because i want to get back on birth control and her teething is beginning to hurt me.
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I hear putting a finger in and detaching as soon as they bite and yelling ouch helps. I know mine gets upset if I yell at all, even if it's at the dog. And about the birth control, they have me on an estrogen only until she starts eating solids as well, partly because the combination ones can decrease milk production..
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