I know a few people who do, but they often have trouble latching on to the boobie after having a bottle, nipple confusion.

I bottlefed for a while then tried to switch to the boob and bray wouldnt take it.

Hi, I don't usually post on this forum, but hang out occasionally anyway...I just have had experience with breastfeeding...To some extent, I have nursed all 3 of my children..To some extent, whether or not a baby will take a bottle after nursing depends on the child...I had to stop nursing my first at 2 mos. And he had no problem going to a bottle with formula..With my second, there was no way anyone was going to get a bottle into his mouth at any cost..He was weaned to a cup with formula by 6 mos. Old because he decided it was funny when he bit me (new teeth and all) for the umpteenth time and drew blood..With my youngest, she mostly nursed, but would take a bottle once a day while I was at work with no problems and was weaned to a cup with whole milk at 10 mos...Anyway, it's a personal choice and will only work if you are comfortable and relaxed with it..Personally, I was most relaxed and at ease while I nursed...I've heard stories from others for whom it was a less than satisfying experience..Anyway, good luck with whatever you choose. Oh, and I should mention that it doesn't always happen right away...I had to have the nurse help me with the latching on part the first few times with my oldest, but if you are interested and you are willing to keep trying (as long as baby is gaining weight and is getting enough), you'll catch on (and so will baby) before long... :)

i think that i'm just going to try breastfeeding, but using formula when other people watch him. If he won't breastfeed after that..Oh well. I think it would just be a pain to have to pump enough milk for people to watch him.

You have to use a special kind of formula so make sure you consult you're doctor and let them know what's up!

It varies from baby to baby. :) some babies get nipple confusion and some don't. There's really no way to predict.

Pumping is a pain in the a**. However breastfeeding works on supply and demand. The more you nurse, the more milk your body produces. If you start supplementing with formula your baby will drink formula and become full and not want to nurse. That sends the message to your body that it doesn't need to produce milk anymore since the baby isn't drinking it. And your supply disappears. And it can happen very very fast too. A day or two and it can be gone. :shock:

see how you feel. You may end up finding breastfeeding cheaper and more convenient then you initially thought. It's certainly worth trying over going straight to formula feeding.

I breastfedd macy but when shed stay the night with my hubbys parents she had formula and was fine but liam was hurting my nipples so much I had to give him formula a few times in the hospital and he spit it back up. Pumping sucked in the beginning but after I got more milk I could pump some and save it and then pump more and add to it just whenever I wasnt busy and I eventually built up a little supply for the nights I wanted to go out. You can freeze your milk for 3 months

This doesn't have to do with the original post but...

The other night I was browsing some other forums and I came across one where pretty much all the mothers were crunchy hippy types and they all breastfed their kids until they were like 4 years old. I'm sorry, but that creeps me out. Oh, and one poster said she was bf until she was 6! I was horrified.

Iheart -- it wasn't girlmom was it? Lol. I had some bad experiences there.

I breastfed my son until he was 14 months and that was more then enough. I can't imagine doing it for longer then that. :lol:

That's disgusting...I can't even imagine breastfeeding a kid with teeth.

I agree with d here. My aunt is one of those hippy ladies and breastfed her first til he was 3! And that was only so she could get prego again and now she breatfeeding him and hes almost 2 who knows when that will endd... Then I had this friend who .L.O.V.E.S the smell of breastfed babies and their poo. Her dad use to tell how when he was like 5 hed get a stool and sit in front of his mom to eat. Yuck! Im having to manually express cuz my nipples are killing me! Theyll hopefully b better tomorrow but it really isnt hard it takes like 5-10 mins to get a meal for him.

Okay, so I have 6 weeks and 4 days left, but i'm starting to freak out. I'm confused about what I want to do. I would much rather breastfeed him...It's a lot cheaper and better for him. What I want to know is, will it be hard to get enough milk stored up for someone to watch him overnight? Me and the hubby plan on getting a hotel room and drinking a bit for his birthday, which is only a month and a half after the baby is born. Will it be possible to pump enough milk by then for my aunt to watch him overnight? And also, how long would I have to pump to get all the alcohol out of the breast milk? I guess i'm just worried that I won't be able to pump enough milk to get the alcohol out of the breastmilk and for my aunt to watch him that night.
Anyone who pumps or has pumped, how much can you normally pump in a day?

It would probably only take you a couple days advance to store up enough to leave him for a few hours (overnight). You can pump every 2-3 hours and each time you pump you'll likely get at least 3-4 oz which is certainly a lot more then my son ate at that age.

You don't have to pump when you drink. The alcohol passes through your body within a couple hours. So if you drink in the evening, you'll be fine to breastfeed in the morning, even if you haven't pumped.

Hope I helped.

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thanks, you did help a lot! I always thought you had to pump to get the alcohol out. I'm glad you don't that will make it easier! I feel quite a bit better about breastfeeding now.

Ive always heard you can have a drink and still feed but if u have more than one to skip a feeding but since youll b gone over night youll be ready to feed in the morning only your boobs are gunna be huge and sore (not painful just like ah really full) so youll prob. Wanna get some of it out. When I would go out id just go to the bathroom and squeeze a little out manually and wear nursing pads so it would catch ne leaks from being so full.

i'll probably just pump a little so they don't get sore and leak all over .Lol. I'm feeling better now about breastfeeding. I guess it's probably just the first time mother thing, i'm paranoid about everything.

The first 3 weeks or so are hard, as you get it figured out. So don't feel bad if it doesn't go perfect right away. For like 99% of women it's a skill that they need to learn.

But once you get past that hump, it's so worth it. It's so easy and convenient. No worrying about temperature, freshness, labelling bottles, mixing messy powders, washing all the parts of the bottles. No buying 18 nipples before you find one your baby will take, or trying 10 different types of bottles.

And if you've ever heard the recalls on some formulas, it's just scary.

Just lift shirt and serve. :-d

i'm glad hunter is weaned now, but in a lot of ways I miss it. Formula is so expensive and we don't even use that much. And constantly washing sippy cups isn't fun either. I feel like I spend about 4 hours a day just bent over the sink washing stuff. :lol:

Hey...Alot of people just breast feed for the 1st 4months of the babys life then switch to formula...Its scientificaly proven that if u just breast feed for one day then switch to formula your babys amune system will be 20%higher then babys put straight on to formula milk...I dnt consider formula all that good...Try an organic one at least,they do great organic foods and milks at boots stores if u r in the uk.Good luck.

I hear that it's best to only breastfeed for the first 6 months and then it's okay to start on formula. That's probably what i'll do. Hopefully he will take breast milk from a bottle when other people are watching him, but still breastfeed when i'm home. If not i'll just have to pump and give it to him in a bottle.

Breastfeeding your child at 4 is just sick! Some "women" get a sexual satisfaction out of it......... It's utterly disgusting!!! I'm appalled even thinking about it. I watched a video in prenatal class(going back 7 years ago) and we watched this 4 year old boy walk up to his mother in public and pull her shirt up just to have a drink! They should be ashamed!!! If it's all about the childs nutrition then they should pump............. It's pure edit, if you ask me!!!