Many mothers do give formula feeds 2 to 3 times a day along with breast feeds. The reason they do this is because they want the baby to get used to the bottle as they think that otherwise baby will not drink from a bottle later on. The problem with getting a baby used to a bottle is that the baby will get so used to the bottle, that very soon she will stop taking breast milk. Therefore, if you really want to breast feed your baby for more than 9 months of age, then you should never give a bottle to your baby. However if you want to feed your baby for a shorter time and for this reason you want your baby to get used to bottle, you should give bottle to the baby only after the baby is 6 weeks old. If you give bottle to the baby before this age, most probably you will not succeed in breast-feeding even for the short time you had planned for.
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