My wife tried desperately with both of our kids. There’s no way she could due to malformed glands. Multiple specialists confirmed that we had no choice but to feed formula almost exclusively. To this day she has guilt over something that she had no control over.
The formula shortage was one of the scariest parts of my entire life. Some babies don’t take well to certain formulas, and we had to switch them up a couple times, which meant lots of infants with upset stomachs. Nobody got any sleep for months until the FDA started allowing foreign formula into the country. Thankfully we are past formula and onto real food. I remember going to multiple stores where they were all out of the formula that my premature son could eat and the feeling of utter desperation.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
You get downvotes because for women who want to breastfeed but can’t it’s devastating and can lead to depression. In addition there’s this cult that tells you that you are a bad mother for feeding formula on every occasion which really does not help.
Lyricism6055@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I never said they are bad mothers. I said that if you can then you should probably.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That is not how your initial comment is worded, hence the downvotes. It has no consideration for those who can’t, and your immediate response doesn’t have that consideration either.