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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Did you ever use formula?  Formula was reallllly easy! Mix up a pitcher at night, put bottles in dishwasher. Or use drop-ins.  So, so , easy.  When I switched from BF/pumping to formula i was wondering what all the fuss was about. [/quote]

I am the PP you are responding to. Yes, I have supplemented with formula and found it to be such a PITA. Have you BFed? The washing of bottle parts (not everything comes out clean in dishwasher, plus they smell like dish soap, and even if you can make the dishwasher work, there are so many parts to load, unload, keep track of, etc.), the advance planning it takes to feed formula outside the home, the spoiling/storage issues, and the expense of formula feeding was a major pain. This is not to say you are horrible if you do not BF, but I did find it considerably easier than the alternatives once you got established (six weeks for me with my first kid). [/quote]

Hah - sounds like you had functional boobs. And a lame dishwasher. I had the opposite.  :)  i did bf, and I think full on formula  is easier than supplementing. I made up the bottles the day before. Kept water, powder and a clean bottle in diaper bag at all times.  Also kept one bottle of ready to feed just in case.  There weren't many parts to keep track of at all - nipple, ring, bottle. Another thing that is easier when you have tons of bottles. When we were supplementing we had only a couple of bottles so I could see how that could be annoying.  [/quote]

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