Going back to your original post tasha.. I have just come back from my mums house feeling utterly delfated...
logan has been a very demanding baby and has fed almost every hour since birth!
I have had very sore nipples and thrush etc but I have persevered as it is what I wanted to do, but I too am sick of the comments - your milk isn't thick enough for him , its not right for him, or there is no goodness in your milk if he is feeding that frequently. give him a bottle of water and he will soon stop crying.....
and the normal things as everyone else has said like - god is he hungry again!
I have now breastfed for 3 months ( my ticker is wrong!)and in that time I have felt that it was the wrong choice ( by my family) but the right choice by the health visitors. I am sick of getting conflicting messages all the time and I too wish that people would mind there own buisness, - my baby my boobs my buisness...
I think Budge once commented in a post and said something like what else do you have to do except look after your baby... ( sorry budge if I have misquoted you!
) Whilst I am on maternity leave and not working I can spend the time feeding my little one like this and I am going to continue but when I go back to work then I will give formula....
Both have their place and it is personal choice as to which one you go for - for me no one is better than the other.. when I have a second child I may decide to breastfeed again but then again I may choose formula.. who knows it depends on what is happeneing at the time and how I feel.
I was interested to read alfiesmum's posts on being made to feel bad for feeding formula - your dammed if you do and your dammed if you don't so you may as well do what you want and ignore anyone who comments!