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[quote=Anonymous]Not if it makes you miserable.

I EP'ed for 7 mos with my first and then switched to formula. Basically, I had many of the issues you are describing (unable to latch, weight gain issues, etc). EP'ing is so far my biggest regret of parenting. I wasted so much of DC1's infancy attached to a pump! Formula was so much better...and it really doesn't matter what you use. I thought it did, and I used Baby's Only (which is technically a toddler formula, due to how it's certified) because I also didn't want to deal with imported formulas. But it truly doesn't matter. If I did it again, I'd just use Similac or Enfamil or whatever. They are all regulated to be the same.

DC2 nursed very easily, and I EBF'ed him for 13mos (I WAH, so I didn't even need to pump much, mostly just nursed). The first few weeks when he was small and nursed for seemingly ever were kind of difficult, but nothing at all like DC1. I finally understood what the "it gets better at 6-8 weeks" people meant, and I understood that those people had no idea what it's like to have a truly terrible breastfeeding experience.

In your case, I'd switch to formula and not look back. Weight gain issues are really scary and emotionally taxing...formula will take a lot of that stress away. If it matters, my FF kid is basically never sick, while my EBF kid gets sick all the time. So my kids didn't even get the one best-supported benefit of BF'ing.[/quote]

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