How To Switch Baby From Bottle To Breast

We ve got seven tips to help make transitioning to bottle feeding easier.

How to switch baby from bottle to breast. If your baby likes movement dr kerry suggests walking around the house with your baby facing outwards so they can t see you. If baby hesitates at the feel of skin in their mouth a little gentle rocking or movement can encourage them to continue with the latch. When you ve got your baby used to a bottle and to formula milk there are lots of different feeding patterns you can try. A change in feeding methods can be tricky.

Offering a top up bottle feed rather than dropping a breastfeed completely. If you just breastfeed the easiest switch is to skip bottles entirely and go straight to cups around the 1 year mark or whenever you decide to stop nursing. After that the feeder should slowly and gently put the bottle into the baby s mouth. You need to get baby to open her mouth as wide as possible.

There are many reasons why you might need to help your baby switch from breast to bottle for some or all of her meals. Even if your baby s currently breastfeeding eventually you might want to go from breast to bottle or you might choose to supplement or shift to formula feeding completely. Offering a bottle instead of a breastfeed. This not only makes latch on less painful for you but allows baby to get the most milk.

Hold the bottle horizontally not tilted downward with the milk dripping. If the child doesn t respond well at first don t force it. Hold your baby in an upright position while bottle feeding place the nipple against your baby s lips and wait for her mouth to open. Some options include cradling the baby like you would for a breastfeed sitting the baby up on your lap using a breastfeeding pillow to support baby or propping them up against your elevated knees.

If your child happily sucks on. Switching from a bottle to the breast half way through a feed has worked for some mothers by slipping the bottle teat out of baby s mouth and quickly moving them onto the breast before they notice. When her mouth is open wide quickly offer the breast while ensuring that her lips and gums are putting sucking pressure above your nipple. Offering a bottle before during or after a breastfeed.

Use your index finger to depress her lower jaw.