bf and ff which is easier ?

[janmk]

just wondering any mums who have done both truthfully which is easier ? i tried bf last time , lo enfed up in hospital 5 days due to weight loss....we ended up ff which i found easy enough and it worked well for us. lo slept from 6 weeks through the night and dh helped lots so i got lots of breaks.....
feeling guilty for considering going straight to ff this time or even just bf first few days....is yhis really worthwhile ?
please those who have done both maybe with different children any views / advice ?

I suppose that would depend on the baby mine was feeding more than every 2 hours bf if they had continued that on ff that would be a lot of bottles.
She also wouldn't sleep so constantly held for (what felt like months ) first nap at 11m not in car seat or pram or on me, impossible to sterilise and clean then, wouldn't lie flat.
Also a soya allergy so that would have been worse on formula
No worries about constipation:) usually

The thing is, it depends on you and your baby as to which you perceive to be "easier". And I agree with the PP who said that asking which is easier is not the right question.

When you're up in the middle of the night - bf is easier
When you want to escape for more than 2 hours at a time - ff is easier
When you want an instant solution to crying - bf is easier
When you're hospitalised with mastitis - ff is easier
When you're on a long car journey and need to stop to feed - bf is easier
When you're exhausted and want someone else to do a night's worth of feeds - ff is easier

Pros and cons to both, and I've done both.

Muggled that sounds about right (although there is expressing which would allow you one or 2 of those if baby will take after being bf.)

Bf is usually easier - on demand, no specialist equipment, just slight attention paid to your clothing (so you don't go out in a round-necked dress ).

There are a few situations where ff is easier - when you want someone else to give the feed, when you need to add medicines, when you need to quantify the volume of a feed, etc.

But in general these relatively rare occasions can be ff without needing to give up bf in general. Mixed feeding really can be the best of both worlds.