If you're not currently doing either, vote for what you did in the past :)
"So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose wherever we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them."
My dd just stopped nursing a few months ago, finally! But if I had to it do over I would've bf my son as well. I bought into the whole "I'm not making enough milk, he's starving" thing and ended up giving him formula. With dd I was much more relaxed, not as worried about production and when she demanded, I nursed. It was as simple as that. Yeah she was on my boob for about 5 months straight, hourly, everyday the whole first 5 months! But it was worth it. So much cheaper and I worked part time and pumped at work (usually for 10-15 minutes 3 times a day) still worth it. It's a lot of work but like anything else, if you're dedicated it will work out.
with my first I pumped until she was about 15 months and then extended formula fed her until she was 2 instead of going to whole milk. With my second I pumped until she was 17 months and then transitioned her to whole milk.
Quoting Misery_Stitches:
Only bm for my babies
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on Feb. 14, 2012 at 1:40 AM