by Stacy-Ann Gooden posted in Tips & Tricks

Introducing your breastfed baby to the bottle may be challenging for some parents, not to mention exhausting. But, Adrienne Hedger of Hegder Humor manages to put a hilarious spin on the process in her cartoons.

The writer and cartoonist illustrates a step-by-step guide to encouraging a breastfed baby to take a bottle. She talks about dimming the lights, turning on soothing music, followed by gently touching the baby?s lips with the nipple of the bottle.
If that doesn?t work, then beg, cry, repeat the steps over 10 thousand times until suddenly the baby gets the concept.
It?s certainly a refreshingly funny take on the difficulties breastfeeding moms go through, when it comes to motivating their baby to take a bottle. Yes, I remember it quite well. I was concerned that my babies would have nipple confusion. What if they never take the bottle and I can?t ever go back to work" But I quickly realized that I was overthinking it.
Introducing my babies to the bottle was a breeze. Here are four easy hacks to motivate your baby to take a bottle.

Don?t wait too long
Let?s face it; it?s a lot easier to whip out your boob to feed your baby than to pump breast milk into a bottle. Some may consider the extra step an inconvenience, especially if your baby wakes up hungry in the middle of the night.
However, waiting too long to bottle-feed could lead to your newborn?s refusal to do so. My pediatrician recommended that I begin after three ...