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[quote=Anonymous]Make sure you find your people OP. And be ready for some people you think are going to be your people to disappoint you.  There are going to be people for whom you using formula is going to be personally easier and more gratifying and that will get (usually temporarily) in the way of their being supportive and genuinely helpful rather than “helpful”.

There’s going to be a grandma or aunt who REALLY WANTS to give the baby a bottle or a daycare or babysitter that thinks formula is so much easier or some “well meaning” person at work who thinks pumping is so time consuming wouldn’t formula be easier now that you’re back or the friend for whom nursing didn’t quite work out who thinks everyone should save themselves the hassle and switch to formula right away and “doesn’t understand” why you can’t go for a weekend away at 4 months. Be ready to ignore people, even people who heretofore have been in your corner. They may come back to your corner!

Three people you don’t ignore:
1. You. 
2. Your baby (which includes your pediatricians evaluation).
3. Your spouse.

You three are the team on the field, everyone else is in the stands. [/quote]

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