Has stopping breastfeeding and switching to formula been a positive one for you?

[damnedifidont]

I am breastfeeding 8 week old DS.

It hasnt been an easy breastfeeding relationship, am only continuing really due to guilt at stopping (have posted about this before)

What I would like to do is bottle feed with EBM whilst I can keep it up and formula as and when required.

I am frightened to make this leap purely in case I massively regret it.

I know and believe in all of the benefits of breastfeeding but for one reason or another it is not making me happy and beginning to dominate my relationship with new baby - the weeks are ticking by and I dont feel like Im actually living life with a new baby, feel more like Im just existing feed to feed and ALWAYS running things over in my head.

So........is it always a regrettable decision to make? When I made the decision to stop with the other two it was much easier as I was sure and less racked with guilt!

I will think about giving dairy free a go but is it very prohibitive?

DS slept quite well last night after his usual evening abdabs and went through until half 4 where he took a good old breastfeed and has had another one at 8 this morning!

The day definitely starts well then deteriorates from there.

Just to update DS has been fully breastfed apart from 1 EBM feed for the last two days and DRUMROLL slept from 10pm - 7.30am last night which Im so pleased about and feel SO much better (tho not sure how it will impact my milk supply!)

Hooray!

Can your ds teach my ds to do that?