Whether you are using breast milk or formula
while introducing the bottle to your baby and if you are not weaning you still want to maintain your milk supply.
Not exact matches
According
to the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, because
baby's saliva will have
introduced some bacteria
to the expressed milk
while feeding, any unfinished milk left in a
bottle should be discarded after 1 - 2 hours.
While it is important for a mother
to nurse often in the beginning, by the time your
baby is 4 weeks old, you can (and should) pump and
introduce your
baby to a
bottle.
Feeding practices
to avoid are giving a breastfed
baby a
bottle before she is 4
to 6 weeks old, putting the
bottle in bed or propping the
bottle while feeding, putting cereal in the
bottle, feeding honey,
introducing solids before 4
to 6 months, or heating
bottles in the microwave.
Feeding practices
to avoid are giving a breastfed
baby a
bottle before he is 4 - 6 weeks old, putting the
bottle in bed or propping the
bottle while feeding, putting cereal in the
bottle, feeding honey, using a low - iron formula,
introducing solids before 4 - 6 months, or heating
bottles in the microwave.
Your
baby might need
to be burped more frequently
while introducing the
bottle.
Learn how
to supplement with formula
while breastfeeding, whether your
baby needs extra formula, how
to introduce a
bottle, and...