Needing some encouragement. I feel like my mom intuition is pretty strong, but it’s against “the norm.” When i was pregnant I made the decision to exclusively pump. I got sooo much negativity and “you’ll get burnt out” or “just try breastfeeding and see how it feels. I’m sure you’ll love it!” Guess what. I cried every time she latched in the hospital and as soon as we got home i pumped and we all felt better.

A few weeks later I noticed something was wrong with her. She’d get fussy when she ate. She was so uncomfortable and screamed all day. We heard “change something in your diet. It’s probably an intolerance.” My husband and I made the decision to switch to formula at 4.5 weeks and she was better within 3 days. I mean look at the difference in her posture and expression at the 1 month and 2 month mark.

Now she’s 4 months and almost ready to start solids. Everyone is telling me how wonderfulBLW is but in my heart of hearts I’m not comfortable with that yet. I want to start her on rice cereal but I keep reading how its outdated and old school and pointless but i feel like it’s the best decision for our family. Please tell me your SUCCESS stories with rice cereal. Please don’t try to sway me to something else-I’ve already received plenty of that. Looking for positivity and “old school” thinking

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