How Do You Change Baby From Breast Milk To Formula Milk?
The bond between a mom and her newborn is fraught with emotion–particularly if the child is the mother’s first–so replacing the breast with a bottle can be a scary experience. If you are at that juncture and want to move from nursing to bottle, relax. Babies survive having their feeding systems changed every day and turn out just fine. Keep offering your nurturing love when you offer baby a bottle and it won’t be long before you’re both quite content with this new relationship. Introduce your baby to the feel of a bottle nipple by tapping it on his lips very slowly at a time when the child is slightly hungry. Place some warm breast milk into the bottle so the taste and texture are familiar to the child as you insert the nipple tip slowly into baby’s mouth. Don’t spend more than 10 minutes trying to get him to accept the rubber nipple. Try again at a later time. Begin the actual weaning process only after the baby easily accepts a nipple and automatically begins to suck when it’s plac
