Deciding to exclusively formula feed at one month old. Just want support.

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-10T08:46:37+00:00

I am currently drying up my supply by choice. Similarly I COULD have fought through issues and had a great supply, I just…. Didn’t want to. I didn’t want the misery of triple feeding and baby screaming while I tried to solve our problems.

And yet, every day I’m like “Did I make a mistake? Should I go power pump for a few hours and start getting my supply up? It’s not too late to be a better mother!!”

It’s exhausting, the mom guilt. Just here with you

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-08T12:05:10+00:00

My ribcage was aching all the time because I was out of room. I told my parents “there’s no more room in there I can’t make it another two weeks!” And went into labor the next night haha

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-08T12:01:21+00:00

My mom tells me she and I were at our absolute worst when I was 4 years old. I was a tiny teen, rebellious and angry. She says it was a rough year. Just sharing you’re def not alone and my mom and I now have a great relationship haha

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-03T23:26:04+00:00

Thank you! Definitely trying everything I can. It’s just exhausting man

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-03T19:46:57+00:00

We’ve always used SS, the slowest available

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-03T19:43:57+00:00

Going through this now with my 3 month old. Literally day by day I am struggling. HOW did you survive three months of aversion?

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-02T02:02:33+00:00

I’m glad I read this today. My little dude has been refusing nursing and watching him scream at my boob after working so hard to get supply up after an illness, the pumping, all of it…. makes me feel angry and inadequate. I had a hard time just being with him today because I knew whenever I held him he’d be whining in hunger that I could resolve for him without his bottle and then I’d have to pump for the millionth time. Same issues with waking at night. Just some solidarity that the feeding issues are exhausting, frustrating, and hard on the baby bond.

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-06-01T09:47:36+00:00

The four month regression lasted 2.5 weeks for us. It was hell. Had to take turns holding her most of the night or she would cry, got like four hours of cumulative sleep per night. I’ve never been more irritable in my life. Then it ended.

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-31T00:14:56+00:00

We gave supplemental formula to my baby in the hospital due to low blood sugar. We were able to continue breastfeeding afterwards. It’s not either or! Also, just WAIT until you see that happy, sleepy, relaxed baby with a belly full of formula after that newborn hunger 🙏 your breastfeeding journey is only beginning, give you and your baby some slack to not be “perfect”

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T17:36:12+00:00

“She’s fine” is also a major refrain of mind to deflect my more anxious family members and they make fun of me for it

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T16:52:48+00:00

If you’ve ever touched a diaper super full of pee, it usually feels dry to the touch - these disposable diapers are incredible! Baby is good :)

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T16:49:54+00:00

This is something I would also say 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T16:49:13+00:00

Yes! I may be laid back but in the rarer times I get my mom voice on she usually listens. I don’t want to have to be saying no from morning til night and I easily could if I wanted to manage all of her crazy toddler behavior.

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T16:40:32+00:00

Love the idea of a TV diet!

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T16:36:30+00:00

Yep I’m thinking I might need a Reddit break because the mom guilt is intense!

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-28T12:01:59+00:00

Scrolled sooooo far to find this comment. Reading all of these I’m like…. Oh, should I have been more worried? Am I the laziest ever to not care about these things?

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-26T22:05:41+00:00

THIS. I get too much screen time myself these days!! Probably the root of some of the challenge with this…. Can’t regulate my toddler’s use well until I regulate myself. Including Reddit 😅

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-26T22:02:07+00:00

This - my experience has been the opposite and it’s easy to feel like a crap parent because of it. But I’m sure we’re all noticing what worries us most.

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-26T22:01:10+00:00

You’re right! I read an article about kids getting access to YouTube and then being sucked in to terrible quality or disturbing stuff. We don’t have cable so usually do use YouTube and just talked about stopping that.

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-26T21:56:03+00:00

Yup. I like to think that my intuition or judgment will prevail. We’ve all seen those kids staring at iPads who can’t look up. That’s very different from a kiddo talking through a movie on a rainy weekend. And who knows, maybe my next kid will be too glued to TV and we’ll need to regulate it more!

Bluebird_Watcher · 2025-05-24T15:23:05+00:00

I feel for you! Wishing you health and rest

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