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Will i be able to bond with my baby if i bottle feed?
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Yes: That's how we fathers do it.
Answered 2/10/2015
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Yes: Absolutely. If you cannot or do not want to breasteed, you and your baby will not love each other any less.
Answered 4/23/2011
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Yes: Absolutely. Feeding your baby is a warm, emotional experience whether breast or bottlefeeding. Remember we dads have done it this way forever.It is the overall contact that generates the emotional ties. Do not worry!
Answered 3/26/2013
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