Exclusive breastfeeding

I don't think you're being silly, there's something extremely rewarding from breastfeeding. However I think as parents we have to be willing to adapt, things don't always go as planned. Instead of seeing as a negative, think of it positively, you EBF for 9 months. That's amazing well done. I think maybe this is a time to adapt, let your partner use formula and you can still BF. x

Introducing some formula doesn’t mean you have to stop breastfeeding completely unless you want to. You can still breastfeed before and after work and dad can give him so formula when need it . I would just choose whatever is more convenient for all of you, parenting and life is already hard enough 😅. You’re doing a great job 💕

I've chosen to continue breastfeeding/expressed milk now im back at work, and LO is in nursery. He has tried a pre-made formula just in case he ran out of milk at nursery, seeing as I've no idea how much he drinks. The nursery have 2 x frozen milk in their freezer and 2 x premade formula bottles. I take in 3 x expressed bottles a day. I'm very lucky that my lo will drink milk straight from the fridge so no milk is wasted. Frozen milk, if defrosted in the fridge, lasts longer (24 hours) compared to room temperature (2 hours) Obviously, as already said, you haven't given up on breast feeding just because they have formula whilst you're working. If that's what will help make things easier for your partner then give it a try. You can breast feed before and after work and then pump during work (legally entitled to pumping breaks), which can go into the fridge (max 8 days). You need to remember that it's 'easy' to whip a boob out as and when to feed, but it's limited to just you. Not silly at all x

I totally understand this feeling I started to give me EBF baby one bottle of formula a day. It wasn’t the intention but he would only take formula from the bottle and not breast milk. I continued to BF him 3 times a day and once a night but now my baby is 10 months and really starting to consume a good amount of solids he’s down to 2 BF a day, 1 bottle and no night feed and I expect him to drop one of the BF’s soon as he’s not always interested. I’m hoping to continue to do his long morning BF when I go back to work but there is a part of me that is sad it will come to an end at some point. However his requirement for milk seems to have drastically changed in the last month and I feel happier knowing that I plan on continuing with one big feed a day for hopefully a while longer

Do what you feel is best, you know what right for you guys. 9m is incredible don't feel you haven't done enough personally I decided to combi feed at nursery.