Yeah @Geegee20 switch from BF to FF at 7.5m he’s 10m now (today yay):
BF pros (for me) - always available, free (how bloody expensive is formula😬), easily accessible just find somewhere to sit, nothing to carry around, lots of more time sat cuddling/chilling with DC in early days (this may turn into a con now it’s DC2), oxytocin when sometimes shit I needed that 😂, nutritionally complex it adapted based on what DC needed so as they get older they don’t drink more volume but it becomes more calorific - super cool.
BF cons (for me) - lots more feeds per day, lots more night wakings, touched out, only me could do it, some people get REALLY awkward whilst you flop a tit out and frantically try not to make eye contact, hurt like hell for first fortnight but shields and lanolin saved me, I was incredibly shocked at how often theyd feed on earth days of ‘cluster feeding’ a few hours attached to the breast every evening isn’t unusual, people would often comment on how ‘my milk obviously isn’t filling him/he doesn’t need breast again/just Chuck a dummy in’ i found that wearing.
I am loathing the faff that is bottle feeding in comparison, I didn’t appreciate that aspect enough at the time. Now my changing bag is enormous.
I’ll 100% be trying to BF again for the first 6m at least but I probably will switch as we introduce solids, slightly earlier than I did this time. There’s definitely a lot of pressure from Kelly mom and the likes about ‘responding to your baby’s needs and always just offering breast’ which is fine on paper but no you don’t have to feed them every time they wake at night for what fees like the rest of their lives 😂and the world doesn’t cave in. I wish wish wish I night weaned earlier, on the Facebook groups about breastfeeding/peer support groups it’s almost like a boasting badge how many times did you wake last night, as if it’s the best thing ever. In reality not many can live like that, I certainly couldn’t, it’s fine to night wean from about 5-6m if you want to.