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[quote=Anonymous]Hey OP - I’m also an early schedule/sleep training mom (in fact we do Babywise, which everyone in this board is NOT okay with) and I found breastfeeding to be much easier than formula feeding (I did both, as I weaned at six months for fertility reasons). I am definitely “fed is best” - I was not going to contort myself into all kind of knots trying to make nursing work, but I would give it the ole college try. For me it came easily. If it hadn’t, I would have given up within a few weeks and switched to formula.

Advantages of breastfeeding :
1) there are some small health benefits for babies
2) it’s “free” at least as far as hard costs. Formula cost us $100+ a month
3) it’s so easy to go places. From vacations to day trips to the local park. With formula, you’re mixing and carrying a cooler, and a bottle warmer (mine would not take room temp formula!) and that was a pain. When he was EBF, I just needed the baby and the diaper bag. 
4) zero prep time. No mixing and warming. Baby’s hungry, here’s a boob. Done. 
5) eat more calories guilt free (I love eating!) and for me at least, the baby weight fell off.

Advantages of formula feeding:
1) easy to be apart from your baby. Pumping sucks. I did it for work for a couple months, and it was annoying
2) ease of dad doing MOTN feedings. I pumped a bit during my maternity leave to build up a little stash before going back to work, but I didn’t have a ton of extra supply. So my husband was only doing one MOTN feeding a week. That became tough when I went back to work, cause he was still getting up once or twice a night, for a very short time.

Our son did take a bit longer to stretch out night feeds than most babywise babies, but that was due to silent reflux, not nursing. We had no problem getting on a schedule, he’s been on a schedule since two weeks old, and he was fully night weaned at four months despite being EBF, no problems at all.

I think it’s worth a shot, assuming you’ve got a decent maternity leave. The convenience alone was really worth it. [/quote]

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