Breastfeeding and bottle?

My little one is a week old today and I have really good supply. I’m not pumping (unless supply reduces) i’m just catching with haaka on other boob when he’s feeding. This can catch 30-70ml at a time so i’ve also been giving him this in a bottle to top him up or so my husband can feed him at night. I then do hand expressing 1-2 time a day when my boobs are full and freeze.
Will baby get confused? or is this not advised? He seems very happy to have both and I wouldn’t be heartbroken if we couldn’t breastfeed, I just want him to have the best start.

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No that great if he’s taking both well early on. My doula told me something she noticed is babies don’t actually get nipple confusion what happens is they get used to to the speed that milk comes from the bottle and don’t want to work for it from the breast anymore. She advised paced bottle feeding (there are videos on YouTube just look for a short one) and we also didn’t change the nipple flow for my son’s bottles as he got older so he only has 0-1 flows depending on what came with the bottles

It’s great if he will take both. My daughter has taken both from the start and she’s still doing that successfully at 10 weeks.

I also sometimes need to give her an ounce or so, in a bottle at the end of the feeding if I’m feeding at the breast, so I use the Haakaa the same way. It sounds like you’re doing everything right for your baby.

My LO took bottle from 7 days old (due to being back in hospital with Jaundice and major weight loss). I had planned to just EBF and then move to express and bottle around 6 weeks. But she's been fine. She has bottle and boob fine. I now pump (electronic) 3x a day and she is breastfed and bottle fed within the day. It works for us and that is the most important thing.

make sure you are using a bottle made for combo feeding like the pink dr browns for example. you don’t want them to get confused on how to drink. but this sound’s perfect!

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