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[quote=Anonymous]I switched to formula and never regretted it.

Seeing your Q on tips:

-Don’t bother with bottle warmers;
-Keep bottles and formula in whatever room baby sleeps in, even if that means putting in a temporary mini-fridge;
-Make sure Dad takes as many night shifts as you, unless he truly doesn’t have any leave and a demanding work schedule;
-Keep backup formula in your car (protected from extreme temps); 
-Get some of those smaller serving-size packets of formula for when you’re on-the-go;
-Enjoy the flexibility formula brings! Enjoy a glass of wine or two with your husband when baby is asleep without worry, meet your friends out for dinner, sit at a coffee shop in peace, fill your own cup. I promise your relationship with baby and your husband will only be stronger. For me, switching to formula made me feel more like “me,” and that helped my love life, my ability to be present for my friends, and my patience and happiness around my baby bloomed.

Most important: Know you are not a failure. Anyone who criticizes you—and trust me, I get the pain that comes from that even knowing the other person was in the wrong as well as how overblown the focus on breastfeeding is—has their own issues. Important to remember that they still YOUR breasts, part of YOUR body, and your not communal property for others to weigh in on.

(Reminding people of that fact, if you’re comfortable doing so, can help shut people up. My in-laws made their disapproval of my decision well known, and at least my father-in-law stopped commenting when I asked him what other thoughts he had about my breasts.)[/quote]

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