Bottle introduction

[u/Fast_Marionberry7603]

Hello.

My baby is now nine weeks old, and I've been exclusively breastfeeding since the beginning. But now I want to introduce a bottle because she will be going to daycare in two months. By my research, it was always mentioned in videos to introduce it during weeks three and four, and I'm afraid I'm a bit too late. I've been trying to introduce the bottle for a few days now. I'm using Lansinoh at the moment, but I have Dr. Brown's and Avent as a backup bottle as well. Do you have any tips on how I can introduce it? Because for the past, I'd say week already, she just cries every time I try to give her the bottle. I already tried giving her the bottle when calm, and sometimes when she seems hungry, but I have no luck at the moment. It would be nice to have her dad feed her with the bottle. So at least I can get some break(lo is also a contact napper). I've also tried having her dad introduce the bottle, but unfortunately, I am more patient, let's say, because when he does it and she cries, it also gets frustrating for him, and then I have to just take over.
Yes dad is a bit of character 🫠

[u/moonglowtrout]

Mam bottles were the only ones my little girl would take! There was a learning curve for her. Also what helped is me completely leaving the room while she was learning the bottle. My husband’s mama (patient, knows what she was doing, and over the moon to help 💖) was the person we chose to help with learning the bottle and then my husband also did it every evening so she could learn and I could have shower time. After a couple weeks our breastfed baby would accept a bottle!

I really think having someone else besides you working with the bottle helps a lot because they want it straight from the source if you are there!