What keeps you going??
I’m really not enjoying it as much as I did last time. I know it’s best & has tons of benefits but I’m sooooo tired, she’s sicky after every feed and pooing every time I feed her. Which means almost every outfit needs washing as it’s either got sick on or poo on 🙈
It just feels so much … as well as trying to carve out time with my son during the day.. last night she fed every 1.5 hours 😴😴
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It will get better from 6 weeks especially poo will get reduced, so as duration of feeds should also.

It's so hard isn't it? But I still feel like it's easier than bottles/formula right now.
I think the sickness/pooing won't really change if you switch to formula. My little boy is gradually pooing less now which is making things a bit easier as it was almost constant in the beginning😬

Use bibs, that helped me to keep clothes clean.

It's hard but it gets better. I'm still feeding my 3yr old too so I'm feeling quite touched out but it gets easier over time. Hang in there xxx

That I fed my first son for 25 months and I know how guilty I’d feel not to give this baby the same but it is tough. He feeds hourly on average day and night and it’s relentless 😭

it’s so tough! It gets me at night mostly when I’m tired too and end up spending money by online shopping to keep myself awake🤣

For me, it’s being able to instantly calm my baby by whipping a tit out when he gets grouchy. I genuinely
don’t know how formula mums cope! Inconvenient in Tesco though :\
What’s kept me going in the past is knowing that breast milk can adapt when baby’s saliva suggests baby is unwell. It just completely blows my mind whenever I think about it.
But fed is best and if it gets too much you absolutely don’t need to guilt yourself about it x