I would love to hear from anyone, but specially those who switched to formula because of maternal health reasons.

So breastfeeding has been rough from the start, but we have powered through a lot of pain and hardship to try and make it work. I’m almost 12 weeks pp now and one thing we haven’t been able to solve is chronic clogs that have ended in mastitis.

Everyday I am fighting at least two clogs, sometimes more. They are painful, and more than that, it makes every feed stressful. Which breast do I feed him on (LO only takes one at a time) in hopes that he clears the clog? Every feed feels like do or die. Feeding is often painful because of the clogs too. I dread him waking up from a nap and needing to feed.

The absolute worst part has been my inability to hold or carry him. Because of the pain and risk of clogs, I can’t contact nap or babywear. I want to hold my baby without pain. I feel like I have already missed out on so much. I look at all the photos and videos we have already of mostly my husband and him. I want to be close to my baby without pain.

I really wanted to breastfeed till at least 6 months, and I don’t want to give up. I so badly want to make this work… but I’m incredibly depressed. I feel like breastfeeding has ruined this first 3 months together. I cry every night. I’m miserable. But at the same time, I struggle with the idea of switching. I wanted to do with for the health benefits for him AND me.

Idk… just looking to hear from others who might have had similar experiences.

EDIT: I should have included that I’ve worked with my OB and a LC extensively to work through this and the consensus is that I’m just prone to inflammation and therefore clogs. We’ve tried it all.

I’m expecting baby number 2. My first child refused bottles so I could only breastfeed/direct breastfeed. This has made me really scared to breastfeed a second time. While I’m glad I could give my daughter what she needed; it was incredibly isolating, exhausting, and scary (the idea of losing supply, getting sick, being the only source of food, etc).

So now I am contemplating only giving formula from the jump with #2. I would love to pump for a little and combo feed, but I don’t want to risk a formula aversion.

Any advice? 5w 5d hormones are already kicking my ass so I am thinking (aka ruminating and crying) a lot.

Hi all, my baby is now 13 weeks old. At 11 weeks everything changed. He started crying during feeds, wanting to look around and not drink, getting extremely fussy. He’s formula was changed at 5 weeks old and he has been fine with it. He is on goat milk. I use Dr Brown anti colic bottles. I have changed the teat size recently to size 2. I also give him Infacol as he gets colic from time to time. Sometimes he is fine, other times it will take me around 1 hour to feed him. I also try space out his feed time just incase im feeding him to early but its always the same reaction. I know that he is hungry because he does end up finishing the feed. Im just curious if this is normal behaviour for some babies or if i should get him checked out. I have tried feeding in a dark room, light room, rocking him, shushing him. Nothing works!

Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

Hi all, my baby is about to be 6 months and has been combo fed. He gets two bottles formula a day and the rest breast milk. I have an older child who is 3.5 and I now need to focus more on him as he is starting school soon.

I know that I can easily wean him off but I feel immensely guilty. Nobody is pressuring me but its my own mind. With my first, i had supply issues but with this guy my supply is better. Perhaps that is why I feel the need to feed him for some more time .

I now feel like I should feed till 8 months but really what are these 2 months going to achieve. Ive started work and gym also so its all too overwhelming.

Plus he is too impatient at the breast now. Im just looking for support at this point I guess! Help me!

My baby is 4 weeks old. She was born 37+3 and weighed 5lb 7. She now weighs almost 7lb.

She currently drinks 3oz of formula every 3 hours. Based on the (2.5oz x weight) she should be eating 17.5oz but she is eating more like 24oz.

Everyone has said you can’t overfeed a baby but she will keep eating and eating. Even after 3oz she is sometimes looking for more. I am hesitant to move her to 4oz as I don’t want to cause damage to her tiny tummy.

I know every baby is different and 3-4 oz is recommended for her age but it seems like a lot for a tiny baby.

I was just looking for some reassurance or how much does your baby eat.

She is a little sicky but only tiny amounts sometimes.

We have been struggling with bottle aversion for the last month with our 4.5 month old (3.5 months corrected) - we think it was triggered by a cold and a congested nose which made drink milk hard work.
We have been recommended the rowena bennet method but I have a question - my understanding is that we offer twice, and then end the feed until they next show signs of feeding? However our little one is constantly showing hunger signs, we offer the bottle and then he cries or arches away after a sip. He sometimes cries that he is hungry and we have been getting by, by giving a sip at a time, spending a good hour trying to get milk into him. So if following the RB method, how would we know to ‘end’ the feed?

For Context, always been formula fed, we’ve tried different teats, tried a dark room, tried distraction (this seems to work the best and we often walk around whilst feeding), tried different positions (laying almost flat on a pillow seems to be best as he HATES being held). We have seen a GP, don’t think it’s reflux, but open to any stories/ suggestions/ help!

My baby is 3 months old and I still feel like I haven't gotten the hang of bottle feeding. Basically, I find it very hard to know if she is hungry, to predict when she'll be hungry, and how much she'll be hungry for.

For example, for her first bottle of the day after 9+ hours, I'll always propose 150ml but she'll often only take like 90ml. But then later in the day, when she's been fed consistently 120ml every couple of hours, she'll suddenly demand like 180ml and I have to go back and make more. Sometimes she'll go only 2 hours before screaming her head off for milk and sometimes she'll go several hours and then only lackadaisically take that bottle.

My doctor + the back of the formula box seems to suggest that by this age, babies should be pretty well-regulated to have X bottles of Y quantity per day, and I feel so far from that.

Is this normal? Part of me is telling myself that adults have varying appetites throughout the day so why should we expect babies to be robots? My concern is mostly (1) logistics—lots of making milk she doesn't eat and/or having to go back and make more (2) feeling bad that I'm maybe bad at reading her cues (3) my doctor is pushing pretty hard that I shouldn't let her "snack" and hold to at least 3 hours between bottles and push for 150ml per bottle.

My baby is 7.5 months old, he's been combo fed with Bobbie formula since the beginning. He recently got what we assumed was a stomach bug, we had a couple of episodes of vomiting, the second was immediately after a formula bottle. Decided to stick with breastfeeding to be extra cautious.

Breast milk seems to be fine though? He'll sip on the boob all day without issue. He had gone 36 hours without vomiting so we tried another formula bottle (2oz). Seemed fine so later we gave him another 2 oz. Well a few hours later he vomited again!

I'm assuming it's just a bug that's sticking around, but should I be concerned we have a bad batch of formula? New cans arrive tomorrow so I can't test out another can until then, but his appetite has started coming back and I don't have enough of a supply to fully feed him on a normal day.

My baby was just prescribed PurAmino and antacid meds for CMPA and reflux. Curious what other people experienced with this formula and how long it took to see an improvement or decide against it? Giving it 2 weeks at least for sure of course but was just wondering.

So I recently switched from Momcozy to the Papablic bottle washer. The main factor for me was the reduction in normal cycle duration. Momcozy had like 99 mins I think. And Papablic advertised 84 mins. It was a big deal for me.

After a few weeks of use, I’m noticing that when the 84 mins of normal cycle get done, the stuff inside isn’t really dry. There’s still visible drops of water everywhere and the HMI shows the dryer running at full speed. I know the dryer runs intermittently in storage mode. But I’m talking about when the 84 mins finishes and the HMI switches to show “72H”, it’s still actually drying.

Wondering if other people had the same issue. This makes me feel that Papablic just sneaked that extra drying time under storage mode to make it look like their unit is quicker. I don’t remember having this issue with Momcozy. Wanted to get your thoughts on this.

I see so many posts about the guilt and if it’s okay and the long stories about how much you’ve tried and the pain it’s causing you. So I just want to say I see you but come to the dark side of formula feeding and leave that guilt behind!

I had the same fears and feelings but at almost 8 months it’s crazy how much formula feeding is just a regular part of our day and honestly not even on my radar anymore. It’s such a short season of life and I’m so thankful I can formula feeding my little muffin.

I‘m going to be a FTM and have no idea how much a baby drink from the newborn stage upwards.

How long does a Box of 600g or 800g last with your baby? How many do you need per month?

First time mom. Baby is 6 weeks old as of today and is fed Similac 360 total care, which is what they gave him in the hospital. Up until this week, I was exclusively pumping and making bottles 50/50 breast milk and formula. I’ve been weaning from pumping and currently down to 1 pump a day.

So now baby’s bottles are 100% formula. With this switch, he’s been having a harder time pooping. I’ve read that formula is more difficult to digest, so this isn’t uncommon. He had 2 poop diapers yesterday and so far only 1 today. However he’s been extremely fussy and upset about not pooping as easily.

My question is: does this get better? I plan on seeing how he does over the next few days, but when should I consider changing formulas?

Side note, I want to thank everyone in this community for “giving” me permission to go formula only. This wasn’t the feeding journey I wanted/expected for my baby, but I barely have any help at home (only when husband is home from work) and pumping was destroying my mental health. I feel so much better making this decision and my mental health has improved drastically. 💕