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Hmmmm, this is an interesting question. I am a breast feeding mom who does home daycare. I feel my son is more attached to me than the other children were to their mothers. Attached like, I cant leave him with anyone because he will cry hysterically if I do. Now, this may be only because I take care of him all day long and he isnt used to a lot of other people.
However, I have one boy who is 2.5 now. As an infant he was very attached to only me and his grandmother. There were only three people that he would take a bottle from, me, his grandmother and his mom. He definately formed close bonds with his immediate caregivers, regardless of the fact that he was bottlefed. He is still like this at 2.5 years.
I would have to say, it is more the temperment of the child than it is the breast or the bottle, but of course breastfeeding supports that bond. I think you can lovingly bottlefeed just as tenderly as you can breastfeed.
However, I have one boy who is 2.5 now. As an infant he was very attached to only me and his grandmother. There were only three people that he would take a bottle from, me, his grandmother and his mom. He definately formed close bonds with his immediate caregivers, regardless of the fact that he was bottlefed. He is still like this at 2.5 years.
I would have to say, it is more the temperment of the child than it is the breast or the bottle, but of course breastfeeding supports that bond. I think you can lovingly bottlefeed just as tenderly as you can breastfeed.