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Going to nursery

Hi everyone, My baby is EBF and has never been great on a bottle. She’s definitely a bit better now but I want to prepare her for going back to work. I’m a teacher and will be returning back to work at the end of March. I want to start to reduce my feeds during the day and replace with formula. Would it be best for me to not use a bottle now as she’s nearly 9 months? I’ve read about using a cup or a straw cup but wondered how others have got on in the same situation. I worry she’d only take the odd sip from a cup/ straw cup. Thanks in advance for any advice!

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At 9 months baby will be fine to have milk when with you and solids and water while at nursery. No need to wean if you don’t want to. I personally wouldn’t introduce a bottle at 9 months I’d try a cup x

My lo has gone to nursery at just over 7 months and was EBF with the odd bottle but started refusing at around 3 months, she’s got used to it very quickly, she doesn’t have all I send her in with (expressed milk) but she’s just got on with it, I think being out of the house and me not being around at all has significantly helped

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I started to wean off breastfeeding at 8 months, and she took a bottle fine before that so I didn’t have issues in that department. However, when she turned 12 months and it’s recommended to wean off bottles, I thought I’d try giving her milk in a sippy cup and worried the same, that she’d only take little sips from it like she does her water, but no, she guzzled it down so quickly. So definitely give it a try!

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