Miss Marple
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I’d just like to add, if you can’t or don’t want to breastfeed, don’t feel guilty!
My son is a strapping, extremely healthy 36 year old. Never had any serious illnesses, and was bottle fed.
Being a parent is on the job training, every baby is different.
Totally agree with this. I started supplementing at 4 months and felt like a total failure at the time. In retrospect, I should have started supplementing with formula much sooner. Everyone would have been happier.
Btw, I continued to nurse part time for 16 months and it worked really well. I don’t know what the current advice is, but I was told that if I didn’t cut the kid off at 12 months, she’d continue to nurse until 3. Nope. Not at all. A couple of months of “don’t ask, don’t offer” was just fine and not traumatic for either of us.