Breastfeeding is hard. It's pushed on you as "the right thing to do". I had a hard time with my milk not comeing in and then a drop in my supply. So I formula fed my baby when he was still hungry after breastfeeding. Not everyone has an easy time and it can actually be very painful to some. I got lucky to have a baby who has a perfect latch so I had no pain. Even with a good latch I still got milk blisters. Although I wanted to breastfeed and was all for it I considered stopping so many times. People like to say "it's free to breastfeed" umm no, electric pump $300+, replacement parts $50+, breast pads $10 a box, nursing bras $12-$20 each, nipple creams $6-$10, storage bags $10 a box and when your baby starts to bottle feed prepare yourself for a guessing game with all the "best" bottles for breastfeed babies.
Yes it's the best for your child and yes I support it 100% but NO ONE should be judged for not breastfeeding. You do not know the reason why that mother didn't breastfeed. If the baby is healthy and fed let them be.
P.S. 6months of breatfeeding 💕
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I didn't make enough milk anyway @madilynn16 and what little I had didn't come in til like day 3 or 4. my daughter was only 5 pounds at birth and the doctor said don't put her in direct sunlight in just a diaper in the apartment or she may get too cold. they didn't put my daughter under the uv light.. but I wish they would have. either way, my daughter was 9 lbs 2 oz at her 2 month check up, so she's growing like she should. I understand some ladies have different views on formula feedings, but it was best for my daughter and I so that's what I decided. ☺
Oh okay. My daughter had to go under the uv lights and get her blood checked two to three times a week. I felt so bad for her. Her jaundice levels were at 18.@liamisaiah, As long as your baby is healthy doesn't make how they eat.
my son was hospitalized and I want making any milk yet so yes at the time he needed formula. he want eating and had no wet diapers. @madilynn16
My daughter had jaundice the first month of her life. The doctors tried to convince me give formula but I refused and kept breastfeeding her. I just took her out to the sun very day. There are different types of jaundice. Some jaundice comes from nursing. My daughter has never had formula. Doctors only tell you supplement with formula to get them to poop more because it comes out in there poop. That what the doctor told me. @liamisaiah , @jessicarose0602
@hellosweetie The cans are the same size you get from the stores. They provide formula until your child is 1.
yes! I had to formula feed liam when he got hospitalized for it! @jessicarose0602
I literally get 10 cans of formula for my daughter every month through wic and she has to be on Similac alimentum and it's soooo expensive. I couldn't breastfeed because I didn't produce enough milk anyway.. that and she was jaundice so bad.. I was told if I breastfed it would have only made it worse.. ugh.
7 cans of formula a month here I'm California, if breastfed up to 68 jars of baby food a month plus milk, eggs, cereal, yogurt, bread and more @hellosweetie
@andrewsmommy, WIC only pays for a small portion of formula, not all of it. And extra food is given to breastfeeding moms, so both sides get a little bit of help.
@andrewsmommy, I don't think you meant me
I kept this app because I have managed to help some moms here and educate others. Maybe I want to stay around to continue to help, but the ignorance here is unmatchable. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Btw you cannot argue with science. Breast milk is the healthier option. The WHO recognizes donor milk as the best second option after breastfeeding, and formula as the THIRD best option. This is for health reasons, not to judge moms and tell them they are wrong for choosing formula. Personally I believe a fed child is best but if you are willing and able breastmilk is the healthiest option, you can't argue with that. So again I say, breastfeeding may not be the best option for you or others, but it does not take away from the fact that breastmilk is the healthiest option. @mommaofmrkj2014
@mommabear96 Not if you are a WIC member. Formula is free.
Why people getting butt hurt over someone else's post? LMAO.
its okay @hellosweetie, accidents happen :)
thank you, we aren't all rasing the same child or the same way so everyone sees things differently. @mommaofmrkj2014
My bad @mommabear96, I clicked the wrong name....
@liamisaiah I see your point .however you feed your baby can cost and breast isn't best a fed baby is
@hellosweetie if you're doing hearing it just delete the app it's easy
why was I mentioned? I haven't even seen this post before? @hellosweetie
I'm not arguing with anyone. I literally just told you the reason why it cost me and other mom. @hellosweetie
It isn't best for YOU. Doesn't mean it isn't best. @mommabear96
@hellosweetie then be done and delete the app . I was giving my opinion on breast feeding that it isn't best
I'm sorry, but I am just so done hearing it from everyone, all I am offering is a differing opinion and everyone and their mother has to friggin argue about it with me...I wasn't wrong in what I said.
wow wow I'm not telling you anything, not all of us can stay home and that was my point on the cost. @hellosweetie
Oh Lord I am done.....I never preached "breast is best" or "no mom should go back to work. Y'all need to get over yourselves seriously all I said was that brrastfeeding is "free" because if you are able to you do not need to spend any money on breastfeeding, whereas if you are to formula feed you ALWAYS have to spend money on that no matter if you are away from baby or not. That is ALL I was saying. Nothing more or nothing less. Fuck I am so done with this damn app and all you booty tickled ass moms....@mommaofmrkj2014, @liamisaiah
@hellosweetie I stay home too but we formula fed
I'm just saying, there are other options it doesn't have to cost a fortune whereas formula will ALWAYS cost no matter if you work or not. That was my point. And I have done the math, we would be paying MORE for me to go to work (on daycare, pumping equipment and formula as I said) than for me to stay so we chose to let me stay.
If you are a working mom pumping isn't optional unless you want to stop breastfeeding. so yes not everyone will spend as much but this is particularly targeted towards how much you would be spending if you do have to be away from your child @hellosweetie
Congrats on the half-year mark btw! Yesterday we just made it to the 1 year mark 😄😄😄
I agree with everything you said besides that breastfeeding costs an arm and a leg...not every mom wants to or can even pump, personally my daughter never once accepted a bottle so we never got a pump, I wish I could go back to work but it works for us and although we struggle it is cheaper than daycare and pumping equipment and formula to supplement when I can't pump. Breastfeeding doesn't HAVE to cost an arm and a leg whereas formula has to be bought if you choose or have to go that route...
That is good she is picking up weight. My daughter was only 6 pounds at her 4 month check up she almost 13 pounds. @jessicarose0602 she can fit 6 to 9 month clothes now. She has chunky legs. Breastfeeding is very time consuming. Formula is so much easier. At the end of the day our babies are getting bigger and healthy.