r/FormulaFeeders • u/Due_Imagination_6722 • May 03 '26
Advice / Question 💡 You won't regret this decision.
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.
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u/UnnoticedPet May 04 '26
My husband did ALL of the feeds yesterday because I was so tired from multiple overnights by myself. It was absolutely mind boggling when I realized I hadn’t fed her once the entire day! It made it extra nice to be able to feed her a bottle in the evening once I felt re-charged!