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Though we all know that there is nothing better for a child than breastfeeding, but sometimes it happens that a lady has to stop nursing her child with her breast because of some certain reasons and as a result the baby has to start using breastfeeding bottle.

So, the process of changing your breast for a breastfeeding bottle is seldom easy for a baby and for his mother as well. So, try to make this innovation be smooth and not stressful for your baby.

1. If you are stopping breastfeeding a baby because of returning back to work, you should try to let him get used to the breastfeeding bottle in advance. You should see what difficulties the child faces with breastfeeding bottle and try to help him with overcoming them.
2. In order not to make a baby be confused, it is better if you do not take part in the first experience of your baby trying bottle feeding. If you are present, a baby will feel your smell and will rather wish to be breastfed by you and not by breastfeeding bottle. So, let someone else feed your baby with a bottle.

There is nothing extremely bad in bottle feeding with breastmilk. But if because of some reasons a woman can’t breastfeed her child and has to use bottle feeding with breastmilk, she should know how to do it correctly.

Expressing breastmilk is not an easy thing. Here are some tips which every mother has to know:

1. Breastmilk expression can be maintained by three means. They are: by hand, by breast pump and by electric pump.
2. If you have some problems with expressions do not be afraid to ask for advice or professional help. This is not as easy as it seems, you have to learn doing it correctly.
3. Express the same number of time, as you give bottle feeding with breastmilk to your child. This will help to maintain the supply of your breastmilk.
4. Do not forget to express breastmilk at night as well. You have to do it each four hours at least during the first several months. Moreover the hormone which is responsible for lactation is in its peak quantity at night (from 00 to 4 am.)
5. If your baby wishes to get more bottle feeding with breastmilk, you have to express your breastmilk more often.