WHEN TO START EXPRESSING?

[HELENUK]

LITTLE ONE IS ONLY 3 WEEKS AND I'VE BEEN BREAST FEEDING ONLY BUT WONDERING NOW WHETHER I SHOULD START EXPRESSING TO GET HIM USED TO A TEAT FOR THE TIMES WHEN I WILL WANT TO GO OUT AND ABOUT.
ARE THERE DIFFERENT TEATS TO GET THAT ARE LIKE A NIPPLE? SHOULD I LEAVE IT TILL HIS ABIT OLDER? WILL HE TAKE A BOTTLE AS HES ONLY HAD BREAST?
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT LADIES AS I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT I'M DOING !

 

[Rosieroo]

If he's happy on the breast then I would probably leave it for a few more weeks to make sure that the breastfeeding is firmly established. I introduced a bottle quite early on because I had mastitis and felt too ill to feed her at one stage so was expressing and DH did the feeds. I think that they recommend waiting til you've been breastfeeding for 6 weeks before introducing a bottle.

I recommend Mam and Nuby teats had no problems with Ella taking those