Anxious and breastfeeding

Kayla • 04.23.16 👦🏼💙 12.26.18 👶🏼💗

My LO is almost 11 weeks old. I'm currently breastfeeding and supplementing with formula - he was born with a tongue tie that didn't get clipped until 2 weeks so we had a rough start. breastfeeding is still a struggle at least a few times a day. He will eat and be burped and seem content and 10 minutes later when he acts as though he's still hungry he freaks out and will not latch but then is fine when given the bottle. I think I may not be producing enough and the formula helps keep him happy so we use it a few times a day. There have been times in the heat of the moment trying to get him to latch that I have just said "I give up I don't even want to breastfeed anymore."

Today my SO brought it up and said well if you want to stop it's not a big deal we can just use formula, breastfeeding is most important the first few weeks. I don't know what to do. This special bond that people associate with breastfeeding I feel more when I'm playing with my son or he smiles at me or coos or laughs when we are dancing. I'm feeling so much anxiety though about possibly stopping breastfeeding all together. Sometimes I absolutely hate it. Other times I enjoy just the quiet and solitude of feeding him. I don't know if I'm looking for advice or what I just needed to get the worries out of my head... Thanks for reading if you got through it all.