Hi there - currently 37 weeks with DC3, previous two were prem twins so did not breast feed, but expressed for entire time they were in hosp, so had a good start (8 weeks).
I fully intend to BF this one, but DH keeps pulling faces and whining everytime it's brought up. Bottom line is he wants to help, he knows I need sleep and plenty of it, he knows that this time it's not as simple as sleeping when baby sleeps during the day to catch up as I have the other two (who are 4 and don't nap anymore) to look after. He wants to do the night feeds, or at the very least help.
He has also got these pre-conceived ideas that BF babies don't sleep through as early as FF babies and worries about me going back to work in June and having to switch to bottles (I agree with him in that I don't want to be expressing at work etc just to keep it all going).
What can I say/do to get his full support? So far I have simply stuck with the "it's my decision" argument, but he does have a point that this is his child too and he wants to be involved, and BF WITHOUT his support is going to be hard especially as I know the first few weeks will be hard and worry that as soon as I start to struggle he'll be there, grinning, with a warmed bottle of formula, thinking "I told you so", instead of letting me get on with it and helping me to get it established.
Anyone go through this and come out of it with a DH who is totally Pro breast feeding?
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