i breed all the time whether it be with my own or my freinds or wait for the Matchmaker. When i want my tamas to fall in love what i will do is constantly connect them and make like one always start the connectiong so it wins the games or gets all the presents once it falls in love with the other one ill take and reverse the connection so the one that is in love with the other one will give it nice things as presents to make it like it faster...... and plus your tama wont breed unless its atleast lived for more than 48 hours after it has turned into an adult.
I breed a lot it's fun! Well to answer you question for tips. All the tips and tricks should be HERE (link) Click there and its my "breeding 101" post. Should help. Plese post somthing nice so it gets pinned.
I'd breed mine if I had a second one to breed it with!
I was a counselor in training at a residential camp just a short while ago, and a lot of the people there had tamagotchis, although everyone was sobusy none of them ever breeded, I don't think.