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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I’m a schedule oriented person. It seems snowy breastfeed babies don’t through the night until much later than formula fed babies. The family and friends that breastfed has babies who could only fall asleep being nursed, never slept more than 2-3 hours at a time well past 1 year, never learned to self-soothe, etc. They were very clingy, high needs babies. Most were super cranky because they were never getting adequate sleep. The formula fed babies were great sleepers, on schedules, and always happy. I don’t want to breastfeed because I’m afraid that will lead my child to becoming clingy and never sleep. I’m not willing to co-sleep as my husband and I don’t think it’s safe at all. [/quote]

I think it depends much more on the baby than how they are fed. I breastfed two babies. The first started sleeping through the night at 6 months and the second at 12 weeks. With my first, I stopped nursing to sleep at 6 months. Once she was sleeping through the night, I moved up her last feeding and started training her to fall asleep in the crib. She also started daycare at 4 months and was used to taking naps without nursing first. My second never really liked to nurse to sleep and was one of those unicorn babies who would just fall asleep when laying down. Breastfeeding was hard for about the first six weeks with my first. After that, her tongue tie issues were resolved and it got so much easier. I found it so much more convenient than formula/bottles, especially when we were out and about or traveling—no bottles to keep cold or warm up, nothing to wash. For me it was so much easier to get out and do things with the baby. I never coslept - always made me too nervous.

There were other small benefits. When my first caught hand, foot, and mouth at 10 months, she wouldn’t eat or bottle feed, but was fine with nursing. Might seem like a minor thing, but it felt huge at the time when it she was refusing all food and other drinks.

I’m sure you’ll be a great mom - you’re clearly trying to do your research and be prepared. I’d encourage you to give breastfeeding a try. Some people love it and some hate it, but it’s hard to know where you’ll fall before you try. I thought breastfeeding was super weird before I had a baby, but it felt totally different and natural when it was my baby. Obviously not everybody has that experience.

It also depends on the baby. My first was a very fussy baby and nursing was the one thing that could always calm her down.  Nursing made things so much easier with her. My second just saw nursing as a way to get milk. He had no interest in nursing after getting shots, rarely fell asleep nursing, and pretty much self weaned when I went back to work and he realized that bottles were way more efficient for getting milk fast. By 6 months, I only nursed him in the mornings.

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