Why would you choose to bottle feed?

[Sleeepdeprived]

I don’t mean to offend, I’m genuinely curious. I’ve recently had a baby and really tried hard to breastfeed but it just didn’t work for us (latch and supply issues, very unsettled baby, subsequent medication etc)

I really wish breastfeeding was successful for us, not only because it’s nutritionally superior for the baby, but there are also health benefits for the mum, and l if successful at breastfeeding it’s so much easier to latch baby on than to faff with making up formula and sterilising bottles etc.

So this isn’t directed at mums who tried to breastfeed and it didn’t work out so moved to formula, or mums who chose to combi feed because I understand the benefits of that. But for mums / parents who chose to bottle feed before even attempting to breastfeed - why?

Absolutely no judgment here - just curious.

Due to various reasons I bottle fed some of my babies and breast fed the others. The bonds I shared with them was the same no matter how I fed them.

I never said otherwise. I know you can have a bond with both. It's not just the feeding that makes a bond

For my own mental health. Bottle feeding allows greater help and support from family and I need this.
K

Yeah. Motherhood is about balancing the best interests of your child with not wanting to throw yourself off the end of a pier because you've sacrificed all your own happiness.

That's their business, not yours to be curious about. I would say it's because they WANT to.