Breastfeeding Myths!

I found bfing much less time consuming tbh and it left a hand free so I could read books with the others and even bath them while feeding Ruairidh. I loved being able to go out and stay somewhere for longer without having to worry about whether I had enough bottles etc out with me too.

I was advised to give formula on more than one occasion by a "health professional". One for low weight gain and one cos he had diarrhoea from salmonella poisoning. My dd was FF from 1 week old and also was a big baby with low weight gain so it wasn;t a magic cure for weight gain. He just suffered the same catch down growth she did. Formula for diarrhoea made me Thankfully I knew better and stuck with

I found bfing much less time consuming tbh and it left a hand free so I could read books with the others and even bath them while feeding Ruairidh. I loved being able to go out and stay somewhere for longer without having to worry about whether I had enough bottles etc out with me too.

This. If Mia needs feeding and I need to go out/do some housework/do something with/for one of the other children I just pop her in the sling to so I have 2 hands free.

I found bfing much less time consuming tbh and it left a hand free so I could read books with the others and even bath them while feeding Ruairidh. I loved being able to go out and stay somewhere for longer without having to worry about whether I had enough bottles etc out with me too.

This. If Mia needs feeding and I need to go out/do some housework/do something with/for one of the other children I just pop her in the sling to so I have 2 hands free.

I wish I could master breastfeeding in the sling!!

I found bfing much less time consuming tbh and it left a hand free so I could read books with the others and even bath them while feeding Ruairidh. I loved being able to go out and stay somewhere for longer without having to worry about whether I had enough bottles etc out with me too.

This. If Mia needs feeding and I need to go out/do some housework/do something with/for one of the other children I just pop her in the sling to so I have 2 hands free.

I wish I could master breastfeeding in the sling!!

Me too!

I tried and failed at feeding in a sling. I think my boobs are too small (b's )

Another one who hasnt mastered feeding in the sling

I heard a good one on Saturday 'just because my daughter is a nurse, she thinks she knows better than I do - Ive reared 5 children and know its not normal to breastfeed - the wains are half starved...'

I heard a good one on Saturday 'just because my daughter is a nurse, she thinks she knows better than I do - Ive reared 5 children and know its not normal to breastfeed - the wains are half starved...'

I dont know wether to or at that one...

I heard a good one on Saturday 'just because my daughter is a nurse, she thinks she knows better than I do - Ive reared 5 children and know its not normal to breastfeed - the wains are half starved...'

I dont know wether to or at that one...

I did both

I found bfing much less time consuming tbh and it left a hand free so I could read books with the others and even bath them while feeding Ruairidh. I loved being able to go out and stay somewhere for longer without having to worry about whether I had enough bottles etc out with me too.

This. If Mia needs feeding and I need to go out/do some housework/do something with/for one of the other children I just pop her in the sling to so I have 2 hands free.

I wish I could master breastfeeding in the sling!!

Me too!

The key is getting them latched on and them wrapping the sling around them I think. Like in this video -

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