Breastfeeding baby, when to introduce bottle?

It’s said to introduce bottles at about 6 weeks. For those who ebf. It does take time for baby to get used to bottles will most likely have to test a few different brands/ bottles out

I did exactly that well probably 7/8 wks. And would give bottle at least once a day until baby got used to it. I tried 2 different bottles she took to the 2nd bottle very well After a week with the 1st one.

I still breastfeed but if we have to go out or if I drop her off at grandmas she gets bottlefed w/ breast milk

I did it at 4 weeks, I was told to do it by 4 weeks or they would be harder to get to take it. We have done a bottle of breast milk every night since then and he has slept through the night since a few days after we started it(apart from regressions and teething). We added another one in the morning a month or two later because I would be so full in the mornings from him sleeping all night, that he would spit up if I nursed. Other than that he is nursing.

The recommended time is 6 weeks I think but to be honest, I think if your baby is latching well then it's probably okay to do it before. My boy lost a little more than the average birthweight so I was told to give top ups of ebm in a bottle when he was newborn. It hasn't caused any problems with his latch etc, infact there is not hard evidence that nipple confusion is a thing. Bottle preference is another factor, however in my experience, baby would always rather have the boob 😅

I introduced a bottle at 3 weeks old

We introduced it from day 4 in the hospital as baby wasn’t latching well and they wanted us to have an alternative in case he couldn’t breastfeed. The longer you leave it, the harder it can be to introduce a bottle from what others have said! Also it’s good to keep using one regularly or baby may not want it even though they did once.

We introduced bottles pretty quick honestly. My daughter was preemie and had trouble gaining weight so we supplemented with formula pretty quick. She had no issues differentiating between the breast and the bottle because we did paced feeding so she didn’t get “lazy” when taking the bottle and continued to suck so she was able to go back and forth by 2-3 weeks and continued to do that until we transitioned to formula due to her reflux

Asap. We had to top him up w my Hakaa milk coz he was such a slow gainer. Every feed. It got him used to both so when I went out for the first time at 3m PP he settled easily for Hubby, and since I saw that he settled so easily, I took advantage of it and went out every Friday night 😂 and then lockdown happened 😭😭😭😭 i nearly went madddddddd lolol

My baby was a nicu baby and had the bottle immediately (the bottle had breast milk exclusively once it came in) fortunately she is 7 months old now and is still at the breast and had really minimal problems (I used a nipple shield to help with latch at first but then after tongue tie correction she didn’t need it anymore) but I was really conscious about the bottle I chose and found that the evenflo wide nipples seemed best for BF compatibility and for me that was true :) but you may find another bottle that works best

I did it from 2 weeks. It was great because he is 12 weeks now and takes both boob and bottle no problem

Thanks all for your input!

I did it from birth and my LO never had issues with nipple concussions. In fact I exclusively bottle feed her express breast milk until 4 months and then reintroduced breastfeeding. She’s 11 months now and is still mainly breastfeeding.