Has anyone successfully transitioned from bottle to breast?

snazz · Mar 10th, 2012, 10:29 AM

If so, how old was your LO when you did it? And how did you do it?

My friend yesterday suggested that I should just give up, as LO is almost 6 weeks and that's too old to teach a baby to BF

JackiePed · Mar 10th, 2012, 10:35 AM

I did... my baby was given a bottle first thing in the hospital, so then all she wanted was a bottle. It was a tough transition, and there were lots of tears...
I had to finally get to where I'd "trick" her. I'd get her going on the bottle while snuggling right next to my breast, and then once she got going, I'd quickly switch her to the breast. It eventually worked and she breastfed until 9 months old, and happily switched back and forth between the two.

nickyXjayno · Mar 10th, 2012, 15:35 PM

my son went onto breast at 6 weeks old.

Mar 10th, 2012, 10:29 AM	#1
snazz Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 117	Has anyone successfully transitioned from bottle to breast? If so, how old was your LO when you did it? And how did you do it? My friend yesterday suggested that I should just give up, as LO is almost 6 weeks and that's too old to teach a baby to BF

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JackiePed Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Utah, US Posts: 2,354	I did... my baby was given a bottle first thing in the hospital, so then all she wanted was a bottle. It was a tough transition, and there were lots of tears... I had to finally get to where I'd "trick" her. I'd get her going on the bottle while snuggling right next to my breast, and then once she got going, I'd quickly switch her to the breast. It eventually worked and she breastfed until 9 months old, and happily switched back and forth between the two.

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nickyXjayno Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Swansea Posts: 1,814	my son went onto breast at 6 weeks old.

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