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Ditto Ogress and Kim - I wanted so badly to be able to feed my own baby, but Lily was a "lazy" eater and would fall sleep soon after I would start feeding her because it was too much work and that baby LOVED to sleep. I saw a lactation consultant and you don't even want to know how that went. She was enlisting the help of my bff who had moved in with us to cook and help out the first two weeks after Lily was born and frankly, having my gf helping with the breast feeding was just getting a little too weird even for us.
I had also had a C-section and when my baby was still losing weight after almost 2 weeks, my overwhelming feeling of failing her because I couldn't feed her right, guilt from DH's corner because formula "was expensive", combined with a little post-partem depression wasn't a good combination. My gf and mother stepped in and said, "it's time you get over it and start feeding that baby formula". It was a whole new world after that. I felt better, DH had to learn to shut his trap and Lily started gaining weight like a champ, sleeping for 3 hours at a time, waking up to eat and play and going back to sleep for another 3 hour nap.
I hate when people or organizations try to make you feel bad for not being able to feed your baby. If it works, then great!
It's a good thing it worked for me. #1 son was allergic to formula; cow, soy, I even tried goat milk.
Ditto Ogress and Kim - I wanted so badly to be able to feed my own baby, but Lily was a "lazy" eater and would fall sleep soon after I would start feeding her because it was too much work and that baby LOVED to sleep. I saw a lactation consultant and you don't even want to know how that went. She was enlisting the help of my bff who had moved in with us to cook and help out the first two weeks after Lily was born and frankly, having my gf helping with the breast feeding was just getting a little too weird even for us.
I had also had a C-section and when my baby was still losing weight after almost 2 weeks, my overwhelming feeling of failing her because I couldn't feed her right, guilt from DH's corner because formula "was expensive", combined with a little post-partem depression wasn't a good combination. My gf and mother stepped in and said, "it's time you get over it and start feeding that baby formula". It was a whole new world after that. I felt better, DH had to learn to shut his trap and Lily started gaining weight like a champ, sleeping for 3 hours at a time, waking up to eat and play and going back to sleep for another 3 hour nap.
I hate when people or organizations try to make you feel bad for not being able to feed your baby. If it works, then great!
It's a good thing it worked for me. #1 son was allergic to formula; cow, soy, I even tried goat milk.
