"Just give him a bottle"

Trust me. My first was bottle fed and formula fed and she didn’t sleep through the night until 1. She woke up every 2 hours wanting milk. Don’t feel beat up about it and don’t listen to her. Do what’s best for you and your little one. You’re doing a great job!

Could she be taking it as you're complaining/venting and maybe is trying to offer a solution? I know my mom does this, I exclusively pump, and she is always saying it would be easier if you just breastfeed.. Haha, we can never win.

I breastfed my first until he was 2 years and 4 months old and he never slept through so i feel this haha I got this comment often, it always came from a good place though but it did really bug me 😂😅 Try take it with a pinch of salt, your hard work is definitely not pointless, especially from babys point of view 😊

unfortunately most breastfeeding mums will always get comments like these, just ignore the outside noise, you’re doing great

I had the same from my mum! I expected more from her as she breastfed me, but she stopped at 6 months. She’s never been supportive of me breastfeeding really past that point! When he got his first tooth she assumed I would be stopping then. Eventually, I got really sick of the comments, especially with sleep, and I said to her, plainly, “stopping breastfeeding is not an option for me.” And she hasn’t mentioned it since. He’s 17 months old now, still breastfeeding and we are down to 1-2 wakes a night and it suits me fine feeding him still. You’re doing amazing, well done xx

Hate comments like this. As if a bottle is magic sleeping medicine🤣 8/9 months was a horrible period of bad sleep for us. It is when I started co sleeping, I couldn’t take it anymore!

@Becky we co sleep too, means I get a little more sleep. She also doesn't like that either, said it's time for his own bed lol

Honestly, it was the same for me. It was horrendous for a while even co sleeping. It does get better, I promise. That age is the worst ever and my daughter was never a good sleeper

Nah. Honestly. It's a myth. I breast feed and she has the odd top up of formula. I can count on one hand we've done this because quite frankly, it makes no difference at all. She still wakes up to feed during the night and doesn't sleep through. I've had it all from my MIL from formula to even adding baby rice at like 8 weeks (err wtf?!). I just nod and smile now and ignore her. And as for own room. Does my nut in. "You'll both get more sleep" .... How does that calculate? She cries for longer because I don't hear her first tiny whimper because she's next door, she still needs a feed but this time she cries for longer then I have to go and get her, bring her in for a feed, then settle her all over again in her own cot. Make it make sense. Makes me want to scream and I am done entertaining the notion now so I forget they even said anything and Change the subject

My first was breast fed we introduced a bottle it made no difference. We had to co sleep lots too. My 2nd is the opposite was bf. Sleeps well at night never wanted to contact nap. Literally the complete opposite 🙈

I nearly gave up with my first because I lost loads of weight , was absolutely shattered , baby wasn’t sleeping well. Just give him a bottle everyone said! I didn’t I carried on until one year and I don’t regret it one bit 💖