Breastfeeding and bottles
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If you are only going to be away for 2 hrs then he should be fine. You could leave expressed milk just incase. Nurse before you have to go and then nurse once you are back. Maybe try a sippy cup. If he doesn't want a bottle, I wouldn't introduce it.
He's a hungry baby and I'm worried he won't settle as sometimes he's feeding every hour depends how big of a feed he has and I can't determine that. I have tried different bottles and that didn't work.
Definitely try a wee sippy cup. Pace feed. Leave the house and see how whoever is looking after him gets on
My first daughter did this and unfortunately never took a bottle again. It was such a battle and I was really persistent too. So when I needed to go out I’d leave a bottle but she would refuse it. It made me feel better knowing it was available for her even if she was stubborn. I loved breastfeeding but that aspect was hard. Not being have to have more than 2-3hrs to myself and even then it was only the odd hairdresser app. Didn’t stop me breastfeeding again this time though x
Oh I missed the couple of hrs thing! Girl just give the boob right before you leave, it’s totally ok to go out for a few hrs! If you’re stressed, leave behind stressed milk with a syringe and whoever is caring for them in worst case scenario can use a syringe. But they definitely won’t go hungry at all if you feed right before you leave.
Expressed milk **** not stressed milk lmfao
@Meag my husband had to do the syringe method a few times 🫣 but it works 😂
Thank you guys!
My partner will not be happy if he's screaming the house down so that's what makes me anxious x
@Jess @Meag did you just us 1ml collustrum syringes or something else?
No I get it. It’s not fun coming home to the husband in a bad mood cause baby cried loads. I’ve been there I get it. I would either use them or a sterilised calpol syringe. X
Tell your partner to dad up 🤣 no but in all seriousness... do some dads even care if we get stressed, etc from babies crying/screaming? All day sometimes... having your child only for a couple hours is nothing. Maybe even suggest they go for a walk, put baby in the pram. Time will fly in. You need him to reassure you everything will be alright and that he's capable of looking after his baby. PPA is horrible so you don't want to end up down that hole. Hope you have a lovely time getting your hair done
He won’t be happy? Babies cry. Tell him to get over it! You so much deserve a break!
He can distract the Bebe with many activities and try everything to distract! You deserve to get out of the house
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Omg! I am going through this now. I was mixed feeding due to low milk supply, but mostly breastfeeding and topping up with formula.. eventually I started expressing and breastfeeding which has been going well. Long story short, for the last week or so my babygirl has been refusing to take the bottle (expressed milk and formula milk) and would make herself gag. I have been reluctant to leave her because of this but don’t want to take her everywhere e.g nail shops, quick lunch with friends. I’ve been out twice (for 2 hours or so) and I breastfed before I left and my partner prepared a bottle for her just in case but hasn’t been needed. I need to try and wean her back on the bottle soon. She just stopped all of a sudden and it was so stressful for me ( but happy that exclusively breastfeeding is satisfying her).. your baby will be fine for few hours but yeah, just breastfeed before you go out and have a bottle prepared just in case
Also in terms of bottles..I think it’s more about the teats, making sure it’s right flow for your baby, not to slow and not too fast
I had the same issue, for me it was more like the bottle vs the boob when he was so young the switching back and forth too much started latching confusion for my little one. He physically stopped being able to latch properly on the bottle and it angered him and he had no patience to try. The boob is a much different latch. I tried 3 different bottles and I gave up lmfao I have no advice but I feel your pain and I hope you find a solution! There’s lots of bottles on the market that they try to design as close to a boob as possible. Like very rounded ones.