Could use some cheering up...need to start supplementing formula

[Anonymous]

I BF my first for 19 months (not my choice—she refused to wean) but I found it so much harder the second time around when I had to care for 2 kids and I switched fully to formula by 4 months. It was the best thing I ever did. I love that anyone (including big sister) can feed the baby, I love the freedom and the ability to feel like a person again instead of a milk machine. He got 3 solid months, through most of the winter, and I don’t have an ounce of regret. NO ONE can tell which adults were formula fed and which ones were breastfed. You’re not hurting your baby or being less of a mother. Let the guilt go—I guarantee it’s societal and not internal.

[Anonymous]

My formula fed preemie is my healthiest child by a mile. I exclusively nursed the next 2. I will never nurse again, only formula

[Anonymous]

I pumped and pumped and pumped and just barely kept up, enough to cause so much stress and to spend so much time pumping. And I did it to myself twice!

Finally when #2 was about 10 months I couldn’t keep up and we tried to supplement with formula, which was flat out refused. So then we had weeks and weeks of not keeping up pumping and a hungry baby at daycare. Everyone was miserable.

I would have caused so much less stress and heartache if I’d just started supplementing at the beginning.