Babies: 0 - 3 Months
BF as Working Mom
I BF my baby, and my husband gives her bottles of expressed breast milk for 2 feedings while I am at work. On my days off, I BF all 7 feedings. However, she has started taking more from the bottle than she used to (5-6 oz instead of 4.5 oz), and when I BF her during the usual bottle times, she nurses a LOT longer and seems to get frustrated. I guess she has gotten used to the bottle during those times 5 days a week, where the milk comes easier and she gets more quickly. Would it be advisable to continue bottles at those 2 times every day (even days off) and pump at those times like I do at work? She seems to get all off her usual schedule when I BF all 7 times now, and I wonder if this is why.
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Re: BF as Working Mom
You should continue to offer the breast when you are around, it is easy for babies to get a bottle preference and the best way to prevent this is to properly bottle feed the BF baby so you can continue to nurse on your time off!
https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bottle-feeding.html
Little Rose is 2 1/2.
This. Lost every once of mu supply when i went back to work. Noticed every day would pump out less and less, now i pump out nada
Santas little helper!