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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]20 year Nanny here- Breast fed babies are always easier to care for and sleep better. It’s hard for me to comfort a baby who is used to the boob when they need to soothe themselves. It’s also hard when they aren’t on a regular feeding schedule and you don’t know how much they’ve eaten. But, I will say from experience, it’s better for your bond as a working mom outside of the home to breast feed. That’s something you and only you share with your baby. [/quote]

+1. Another nanny here.  EBF babies are definitely harder for the nanny but, in my experience, are healthier and happier babies.  I’ve never found a correlation between formula-fed/better sleepers.  [/quote]

Were you a night nurse/newborn specialist? My nanny started when DS was 4 months and EBF. Nanny didn’t seem to have any issue getting him on a bottle feeding schedule (and in fact she quickly identified that I wasn’t pumping enough and baby needed to supplement). I could see it would be harder with a newborn or if the mom got really rigid about it (like refusing to supplement or insisting on “paced feeding”). [/quote]

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