You won't regret this decision.

[u/Due_Imagination_6722]

My 18 month old still loves his bottle of formula before bedtime, but otherwise he's eating like a normal toddler (and insists on his water bottle, especially if we're out and about and it's warm).

I watch him snuggled up to my husband, slamming books in my mum's face (his current "way" of telling you he wants to look at that book with you 😆) and grinning at me when he shows me a cookie that he doesn't want to share with me. All three of us (my mum came over to help me with lunch when I was on maternity leave and loved to pitch in with feeding) fed him since he was a baby and he loves all three of us equally. I think back to the early weeks and how we'd take night feeds in shifts, ensuring we'd both get at least 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

I enjoyed postpartum (as soon as my c-section stitches healed), and am still as relaxed as you can be with a toddler.

All of that wouldn't have happened if I'd breastfed.

[u/zesty_meatballs]

Hypothetically even if you breast fed (pumped and stored) you can still have this experience. People just defrost the milk prior to putting it in a bottle (: but yes, I’m team formula feeding because it’s accessible to everyone and every gender 💕

Instead of a bottle at 1.5 years old, have you tried a sippy cup or a more big kid bottle?

[u/wilmina310 → u/zesty_meatballs]

Not really you have to pump in a schedule including at night ( every 2h) so there is not much freedom. Hated every minutes of it 😭.

[u/Turbulent_Cranberry6 → u/wilmina310]

I’ve decided right off the bat to pump 4 times in 24 hrs max and make the up rest with formula. Will find out soon what happens with my supply I guess.