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Random thoughts
Topic Started: October 1 2008, 02:11 PM (56 Views)
rach679

I feel really odd about posting this...but I'm starting to feel like a bad mommy b/c of it.

I nursed Hailey until she was 13 months old. I was ready to stop well before then [somewhere between 6-9 months I started to hate it]. It was daycare that finally helped her wean. Well, I've been working with infants for awhile now, and I really enjoy bottle feeding. I've bonded really well with kids bottle feeding and sometimes it feels easier to bond with bottle feed kids then it was bonding with Hailey. At first, yes it was a great bonding experience. But as I started to hate it, it was more of a "duty" then it was pleasurable. I feel awful! I tried to pump and bottle feed, tried to switch to formula, tried sippy cups, etc. She didn't want anything. She did drink from a straw sippy around 6 months but if it was anything BUT water she wouldn't drink it. Granted I didn't try to hard. I just kept doing it because it was free, and we were broke. I almost feel like I deprived Hailey. I don't know. I really agree breast is best - but I can't pump. My body does not agree. I don't want to be attached to a pump all day. I just can't imagine paying for something when you can get it for free. I'm really torn. DH's mom nursed all the kids except the last. So he's really all for nursing. He never had a real desire to feed her or anything like that [table food she could feed herself]. I don't know. I feel like I would be unfair to future kids if I didn't nurse, but at the same time I really did not enjoy it. It is so much easier to mix some formula and it is so much more relaxful.

I don't know. That is my random thought of the day. I got really depressed around that time and felt like she's x months old - I should have PPD now. I really think it was related to this. I guess now I just feel like I've done it - I didn't like it. I waited it out and I really have zero desire to do it again. Of course I'm not pregnant or planning to any time soon. So my feelings could change. Just feel weird.
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MissAngi
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I would just wait until you are pregnant and follow your heart then. Dont worry about what your mom, DH's mom or ANYONE thinks!!! How you feed your child is strictly an individual decision! Who CARES what anyone else thinks!!! I formula fed all 4 of my children and never had any regrets! I was able to bond with them just as easily as if I would breast feed. And DH got to bond with them as well. As well as other family members! My aunt LOVED when she got to feed the babies! It was such a treat for her! So for me, my kids and my family... bottle feeding was absolutely the way to go!

But follow YOUR heart.
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shari313
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and just a side note... whatever you decide... tell the nurses when you go in what you've decided. i made sure to let them know right away that i was bottle feeding, and never got any flack for it. i was so thankful. with gabey, i was undecided, and therefore got tons of junk from both sides. it was much less stressful just making the decision, and having everyone fine with it.
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