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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read through, but I found the first month easier than I thought.  I had a sweet and easy baby and was jacked up on excitement about being a new mommy.  I crashed after I went back to work, but I was on a "mommy" high the first few weeks.

Another incredible thing is that my DH helped a ton.  Because I knew my body couldn't deal with the complete lack of sleep, I allowed one bottle of formula at nighttime so that DH would stay up for the 1-2 a.m. feeding (he is a natural night owl), and I would go to sleep after the 11-12 feeding and not get up again until around 4.  Then, I would just keep napping between feedings until the 9-10 a.m. feeding.  Yes, I spent 10-11 hours a day in bed, but it really helped.[/quote]

Thanks, PP -- when did you start the formula? Right away?  Did you pump too?  I heard that it is painful to sleep through a feeding early on...did you have that?  I thought about doing this for the 11pm feeding and having my husband help then...so I couple sleep but wasn't sure about suppemening formula.  Glad it worked for you! [/quote]

We started day 1.  I did also pump, but not at that hour.  I never had great supply, so pain wasn't an issue for me, and I seldom had enough built up for that bottle when he was so little.  I had adequate supply to BF for 14 months, though, so skipping the one feeding also wasn't an issue supply-wise.[/quote]

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