Teaching your breastfed baby to take a bottle.
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You may be more comfortable if your baby knows how to take a bottle. By the time he is 4 to 6 weeks old you will both be good at breastfeeding. Teaching him to suck from the bottle won’t confuse him about breastfeeding.
Plan on at least 10 practice sessions before your baby takes even a few swallows. He has a lot to learn. The rubber nipple doesn’t feel like a breast nipple. To make the rubber nipple work, he has to suck and swallow in a whole different way. If there is formula in the bottle, it tastes different from breastmilk.
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