Formula pushing

Stand up for yourself and tell her that that is her opinion and that your doing what’s best for YOUR child. This is her child she gets no opinion unless asked. Also I always find it weird that people think breastfeeding is gross when that’s literally why we have boobs lol

At the end it’s YOUR baby no one else’s so just talk to her about how you feel, that you respect her opinion on formula fed babies but she has to respect your opinions as well since that’s your baby and you are doing the best for him ! It’s also you doing “all the work” that comes with the breastfeeding journey not her! And it is a myth when she talks about his being fuller with the formula because out bodies creates enough for the babies and have fat on it which is what makes then fuller just as formula ! 🥰

You keep going, there is many great benefits to breast feeding and like you said you worked hard to get back there, if you’re close with her and genuinely believe she’s not saying in a nasty way sit down and have a chat with her, explain that even though she means well it’s not very nice or appropriate after you’ve worked so hard and that she can either support you and stop the comments or carry on and you’ll step away for a while to protect your own wellbeing, at the end of the day she made her decision how to raise her children and you’ve made yours. I’ve had similar comments from family members and I’ve just told them this is what I’m doing and that’s the end of it, told them to do their own research into breast feeding. She is very narrow minded as well if she says formula won’t make him clingy, breastfeeding don’t babies clingy, again lack of knowledge, educate that lady. Good luck on your journey you can do! X

Please don’t change how you feed him for her sake. Formula or breast babies can still be clingy and still feed often. Stand your ground mumma if you love breastfeeding then stick at it xx

You or your partner absolutely need to stand your ground. It’s your body, baby, and choice. You don’t sit telling her how she should have fed her children. As someone who switched to formula during 3 months (he’s 5m now), it works great for us yet I would never push that on any mum, it was my choice because I struggled to BF, yet I would have BF longer if I could. Breastfeeding is incredible for so many reasons. Keep doing what you’re doing, ignore the noise, and stand your ground. You’re doing incredible mama! 👏🏼 Also, formula fed babies aren’t guaranteed to sleep better or be less needy. My friends baby has always been formula fed and never slept well and super needy, etc (1.5 year old now). Also, my babies sleep didn’t switch as soon as we went to formula. It only improved with age and with sleep training. I’ll never understand why women try to push formula on other mums x

I'd tell her how your child is fed is your decision and noone else's! I bf and pumped for the first week then switched to formula due to poor latch, jaundice and me struggling with my mh. My MIL made comments at the time about it which really upset so my husband stepped in and said "I'd rather have a fed healthy baby and a happy wife than a dehydrated, ill baby and dead wife" which shut her down quick! We saw her on Friday and she asked if I was bfing at all (LG is almost 7 months so it's been ages since I have and we told her we're not) & I just said nope, haven't done since a week old and she's doing as she should be. If she won't listen to you, maybe ask your partner to have a word, and explain her comments are upsetting you. As others have said, formula doesn't necessarily mean they'll go longer between feeds and sleep longer at night so she needs to keep quiet