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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then you should try to do what the pediatrician recommends.  Not because your husband wants you to but because this is a sacrifice you are doing for the wellbeing of your child.  I agree with others that it will get easier and 2 weeks is not a great frame of mind to be making this decisions.

But I suggest that you continue to do both breastfeeding and formula.  Don’t pump.  People think its one or the other, but its more common than you’d think to do both.  Many moms keep the bedtime feeding for weeks (maybe months) after they have dropped the others. Try doing  at least 2 breastfeeding every day - morning and night - and use formula in between.[/quote]

OP here. I pump once a day for about 10 minutes. I need to pump because I go 4-6 hours without feeding him at night. [/quote]

A two week should not be going 4-6 hours at night without eating. My pediatrician said no more than 4 hours at that age. [/quote]

OP here. He doesn’t go more than 4 hours. My husband feeds him once during the time I sleep. He eats every two hours during the day. I will feed him at night around 10, and he will wake up at around 12 and my husband will feed him, and I will feed him when he wakes up at 3 or 4. He was waking up at 2 but has started sleeping a little longer. I get a 5-6 hour stretch of sleep. I pump at when he wakes up because I am full of milk and he doesn’t eat enough to empty my breast. Normally he will eat on one side and I pump the other while he eats. [/quote]

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