Want to stop breast feeding, but feel so guilty.
My supply seems to be fine and my baby is seeming to be gaining weight, she'll be 5 weeks tomorrow. However, I'm contemplating switching to formula. All she does all day is scream and fight sleep until night. She never seems content or happy. I'm not sure if it's my diet or just her being "a baby". I've tried gripe water, burping her lots, elevating her body to almost upright while she feeds and keeping her elevated in a rock n play while she sleeps. She won't take a pacifier, but I try to let her comfort nurse. My nipples cannot take it much more. it's so difficult to pump during the day while trying to single handedly take care of an upset baby. My SO comes home and can't feed her without expressed milk, and she's miserable the whole time he holds her because she won't take the pacifier and he can't nurse her. it's also hard to leave her with family to get a break for a little because she's always miserable and we have limited frozen bottles to leave with anyone. My reasons for wanting to try formula seem more selfish than anything. I just feel like I'm stuck dealing with her alone sometimes because I'm the one who makes the milk. I want a happy baby just once. It seems she literally cries from the minute she wakes up until she falls asleep next. She occasionally has moments of quiet, but they don't seem often.
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