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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thanks everyone for responding. To those saying that breastfeeding gets easier, what exactly helped it get better? That’s been one of the hardest parts of everything so far. [/quote]

I totally agree that nursing was by far the hardest part of the newborn stage.  I remember on my feeding app one time tracking her being attached to me for a full 7 hours and that doesn't include all the time spent waking her up, getting her to latch, burping, etc.

It did get somewhat easier, she gradually got faster at nursing, but then I went back to work and I was pumping and that was challenging in other ways. We started supplementing with formula regularly at 6 months and that was a huge relief once she got used to it.  Looking back, I wish we had done a bottle of formula a day from early on (maybe 12 weeks).  The older they get, the more difficult it is to adjust to formula.  Personally I think combination feeding (breast milk and formula) is awesome and doesn't get the credit it deserves - you get all the benefits of breast milk and much less stress.[/quote]

I started out breast feeding but had supply issues.  My baby always got 1-3 ounces of supplemental breast milk and never seemed to mind it.  About month 5 we started working more formula in so that by 6 months we were at 15 oz formula /15 oz breast milk.  She never blinked and then we transitioned to 100% formula by 8 months.

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