| Hello Premama! I understand how you feel since I am too a first time mother and felt slightly threatened initially when my baby used to cry when I give her the bottle but takes it happily from my helper. I mix breastfeeding with bottle feeding sometimes. What I did was to nip the problem in the bud by making sure that I do ALL the bottle feeds from then on and all the baby changes, bathing etc. Now, all the helper does is to sterilise her bottles and wash her clothes. My baby has no problem taking the bottle from me now.
It's hard but I assure you that at the end of the day, your baby will love you the most because s/he will recognise you are the mother. That's what I tell myself too since I am returning to work next week! |