r/FormulaFeeders • u/Due_Imagination_6722 • May 03 '26
Advice / Question π‘ 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 π) 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/Ok-Special5506 May 04 '26
Iβm 6 weeks PP and I felt insane guilt for the first 2 weeks. I canβt believe what a difference this is from my first who was EBF foreverrrr. I get rest, I get to take my medications, I get HELP from my mom and husband and it has been the best PP experience, with my first I had ppd and I struggled breastfeeding