I am trying to introduce my 3 month old to a bottle so I can work?

Question

He is a big child and does well on the breast milk do I just start giving
him ceral with breast or do I waite longer to introduce soilds..
I still need to get time to work and that means having someone else feed him in mid afternoon He goes to work with me every day
Ideas would be nice.

Answer 1

You really need to use a breast pump if you want to continue breast feeding. Cereal is way too soon for him. He needs the milk for as long as you can manage. If you can't do that, then you need to go to your pediatrician for suggestions on what kind of formula to use. It would probably be the soy, but your pediatrician will recomend what to use as a suppliment. It can be very difficult to pump while at work, but you can set aside 15 to 20 minutes twice a day to do that. Your job still has to allow for that. Hopefully ou have your own office, but if not you really need to find a quiet place to pump. Once you do that, you can store your milk. It freezes very well for up to a month. Just make sure you still breast feed for a few more months while you are at home with your child, since that helps with separation anxiety.
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Don't give cereal; babies are supposed to have *nothing* but human milk (or formula) until 6 months old. Every health organization worldwide recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.

There are several things you can try to get baby to take a bottle.

First of all, have someone *other* than you offer the bottle (with your milk in it) when you are *out* of the house (hiding doesn't count--babies are really smart!!) and when baby is somewhat but not extremely hungry. Either feed him about halfway, or have the bottle given to him about 30-60 minutes before he would normally ask to nurse. Also, make it a time of day when he is at his best. If he's a "morning person", try in the morning.

Try different bottles and nipples. Try warming up the nipple to body temperature (more familiar). Try giving the bottle in a nursing position and in something very different (sitting upright on the caregiver's lap with baby's back to caregiver's front, or sitting in a baby seat or stroller, for instance). Give a bottle when baby is almost asleep or even sleeping.

If all else fails, you can use cup feeding. Take a cup and fill it about halfway with pumped milk. Place cup on baby's lower lip. Tilt it upwards until the milk touches baby's upper lip. Let him slurp it up on his own. This is a bit complicated at his age because you have to be careful not to let him hit the cup over. It's used with newborns in hospitals, though, so you can try it and just hold on tightly.

Answer 3

It's usually recommended to wait until the baby is 6 months old before starting solid foods, though all old hand mums know a little cereal can equal well needed sleep.

If you don't have a breast pump yet, get one and continue giving breastmilk. Don't buy the cheapest one. You get what you pay for and comfort is everything. Does he use a pacifier? Will be easier to get him to take a bottle. Some take to it well, others don't.

by the by, it's nice that you can take him to work with you.

Answer 4

Id wait a little longer to give solids. I pumped and froze my milk so that my little girl could have it in a bottle. Id even pump at work on my break

Answer 5

you can slowly introduce solid food for him if he don't wish to eat then feed him milk you can pump out the milk then store in the fridge when he want it can warm it up by soaking in hot water in the bottle

Answer 6

I wouldn't go back to work if you have a child that young. Resist the urge to use day-care as well. Children should be raised by their parents.

Answer 7

pump.