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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's not being supportive. Op has stated that she wants to breastfeed and mil is disparaging her and bringing unasked for formula into OP" s house.

There are some future nightmare MILs in this thread![/quote]

Really it's absurd. Breastfeeding is not easy and having a MIL bring formula does not help. The poster who mentioned "failure to thrive" and infant mortality is using scare tactics to discourage breastfeeding. There are so many doctor appts. with a newborn that it won't get to that point. Obviously if the baby is not growing it is in fact time to switch to formula.[/quote]

I think you are being a bit ridiculous. MIL could just be gently suggesting that it’s ok to top off with formula. In the beginning my baby would cry and want to be attached to the boob constantly until I gave an ounce of two of formula and then would go right to sleep and knock out for awhile and give me a break. I went on to EBF but formula was a godsend in the early days especially with my second because I still wanted to spend time with my first. Introducing some emergency formula does not equal omg stop breastfeeding now.

I don’t understand this all or nothing mentality.[/quote]

The  all or nothing mentality comes from the latching problems.  The concern is that if a baby hasn’t gotten BF worked out yet, getting used to a simple flowing possible can lead to the baby giving up on BF.[/quote]

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