Would You Breastfeed?

[Anonymous]

Sure I’d try for a few months. be sure to introduce a bottle early, like at 3 weeks. I’d wean a month before going back.

[Anonymous]

I would pump and feed breast milk, with some formula introduced early on as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people saying their babies had issues with breastmilk, it may have been because of your diet. If you’re dairy and wheat free while nursing that can help with colic. Generally the proteins in breastmilk, minus certain inflammatory foods, are much more digestible than formula.

Nope, it was the breastmilk. Colic is the we don't know what's wrong with your child and don't care to figure it out. What you are describing is a medical issue.

What? I agree with the PP that an adjustment to the mom's diet solves many issues. My kids were all sensitive to casein. While I was eating milk products (even a slice of cheese), they had "colic". Unrelenting crying, gas pains, screaming, not sleeping, etc. After that, a new baby.

Glad it helped yours, but not for many of ours. OP doesn't want to breastfed and that is ok. Formula and reflux meds were our lifesaver.

+1,000,0000

[Anonymous]

I would do nursing, pumping, and formula. You want to be sure baby knows how to drink from a bottle. (Mine just couldn't transition off the breast to bottle, he'd drink a couple of ounces in day care and then nurse all evening/night.)

You may still have enough milk to nurse mornings/evenings without having to pump during the day. Or you may dry up quickly.

[Anonymous]

formula now has the omegas that match almost all the health benefits of breast. do whatever you want.

[Anonymous]

No, but I don't have kids so it would be weird if I did

[Anonymous]

Do what you want to do OP. The biggest person this choice impacts is you, your life, your well being, you. Your kid will be fine either way and the best clear benefits actually are about your own health (reduction of certain cancers) so make this decision about what you want and tune everything else out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am due in less than a month. I am planning to breastfeed but give 1-2 bottles of formula a day. My baby can still get breast milk, but he will get used to formula and bottles. I might go back to work part time ( 3 days) until 6 months, and might continue to breastfeed until then if it’s working out. I will stop breastfeeding once I’m back at work full time.

You don’t need to get him used to formula. It’s very sweet, he won’t have a problem taking it. Bottles yes. But look into advantages of EBF over supplementing before you add in formula so early. It’s like a one week transition at most, you just gradually add formula an oz at a time to BM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am due in less than a month. I am planning to breastfeed but give 1-2 bottles of formula a day. My baby can still get breast milk, but he will get used to formula and bottles. I might go back to work part time ( 3 days) until 6 months, and might continue to breastfeed until then if it’s working out. I will stop breastfeeding once I’m back at work full time.

You don’t need to get him used to formula. It’s very sweet, he won’t have a problem taking it. Bottles yes. But look into advantages of EBF over supplementing before you add in formula so early. It’s like a one week transition at most, you just gradually add formula an oz at a time to BM.

This is not true. There are many babies who hate formula and won’t take it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people saying their babies had issues with breastmilk, it may have been because of your diet. If you’re dairy and wheat free while nursing that can help with colic. Generally the proteins in breastmilk, minus certain inflammatory foods, are much more digestible than formula.

Nope, it was the breastmilk. Colic is the we don't know what's wrong with your child and don't care to figure it out. What you are describing is a medical issue.

What? I agree with the PP that an adjustment to the mom's diet solves many issues. My kids were all sensitive to casein. While I was eating milk products (even a slice of cheese), they had "colic". Unrelenting crying, gas pains, screaming, not sleeping, etc. After that, a new baby.

Glad it helped yours, but not for many of ours. OP doesn't want to breastfed and that is ok. Formula and reflux meds were our lifesaver.

OP has stated REPEATEDLY that she DOES want to breastfeed.

[Anonymous]

The research shows there are clear benefits of breast milk in the first 3-4 months or so, after that formula is just as good. So I would say try it and you can always switch to formula anytime. You may be surprised at how much you end up liking nursing. I was that way - even after I quit pumping I still had enough milk to nurse DD when we were together, and she took formula while I was at work. The only thing I regret was how long I pumped. Never again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The research shows there are clear benefits of breast milk in the first 3-4 months or so, after that formula is just as good. So I would say try it and you can always switch to formula anytime. You may be surprised at how much you end up liking nursing. I was that way - even after I quit pumping I still had enough milk to nurse DD when we were together, and she took formula while I was at work. The only thing I regret was how long I pumped. Never again!

I am exclusively hand expressing when away from baby #2 and let me tell you it is such a game changer. I watch Netflix or read while I do it. My insurance pump is still unpacked and the baby is going on 7 months.

[Anonymous]

Formula feed.

[Anonymous]

If I knew I would have to wean by 3-4 months, no, I would just go immediately to formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I knew I would have to wean by 3-4 months, no, I would just go immediately to formula.

Lazy.