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So feeding your baby is a very special time between parent and baby to
bond. If you do decide to formula feed your baby, you really want to
maintain that same bond that you would during breastfeeding. So keeping
baby really close to you, making eye contact, even putting their face on
your skin, if you can, making sure they're really well supported, and just
allowing them to take the bottle when they're ready and not force-feeding
them.
Lots of times parents will think, if there's only a little bit of
formula left in the bottle, they'll want their baby to finish it, or they
think it's just a little bit left, but you really need to respect that when
your baby's done, and they're showing you signs of fullness, they're done.
It's better not to force them to have what's left in the bottle.
I like to hold her similar to what I'm doing now. She's usually sort of
more flat and lying down a bit, more like that. It makes her feel relaxed.
That's how I usually hold her. She seems to be quiet in that position.