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In my unscientific opinion, I think it depends how your baby is latching to the breast. My LO had a pretty good latch from the beginning, so we tried giving her a bottle at 2 weeks and she did great going back and forth between the two. I've heard that if babies are having trouble latching, they might prefer the bottle because it's so much easier and then it's hard to get them to switch back.

Our problem was that she did such a good job with the bottle in the beginning, we didn't keep up with it. Now she's 4 months, in daycare, and hates the bottle. So once you start, keep up with it!

It depends on how the baby latches from the start.
Mavrick was a good latcher, and we gave him a paci at 2 days old. The first time around he was confused, but he got it... knew what was what.

I don't have first hand experience yet but my SIL just had her second. Her milk didn't come in till 4 days later and she was not pumping enough to feed him. So they had to supplement with formula already. She said he won't take her nipple now so she has to pump her breastmilk for him!

I would say it depends on the baby in my not a mom yet opinion???

I have seen true nipple confusion maybe a handful of times. I have seen nipple preferences, but you can minimize that by using a slow flow nipple on the bottle and predominantly breastfeeding. All you need to do is introduce the bottle once a day for them to get the hang of it!

My LO did not have a problem switching back and forth between nipple and bottle. And she had a paci.

We waited, but it really did take Baby Y a month or so to perfect his latch. When we had to supplement for a couple of days, we did so with a dropper.

I'm more inclined to believe in nipple preference over nipple confusion. We introduced a pacifier at 5 weeks and a bottle at 6 weeks. It took a little doing but once we found the right ones, we didn't have any issue. I waited to establish a good nursing relationship but that can take longer or shorter than the "recommendation".

I don't know any babies personally (friends/family/etc) who've had nipple confusion. Definitely nipple preference though. We gave one bottle of pumped milk every day since he was 1 month old and he easily switched back and forth. He was a good latched from the get go so I think that helped. I'm planning on introducing the bottle at around 1 month with baby #2 as well.