So, my (little over) 6 week old has began to notice that formula milk fills her up more. She turns her nose up at my breast and cries for nothing but a bottle! I always knew that I was going to mix feed; through the third and forth week I did nothing but breast as that was easiest at the time, by last week that was no longer an option. She gradually began to make more of a fuss whenever I was latching her on.. by Monday things got a whole lot more demanding when it came to bottle feeding and a part of me knew that the time to give it all up was coming.

Over the past two days I’ve had her feed by breast twice. Each and every other feed has been by bottle. The whole point of this post is that I feel kind of upset that she won’t breast feed as much, not to mention that I don’t actually feel as if my breasts maintain as much milk as they used to. I thought that missing feeds by breast would make my boobs fill up and hurt, I expected to feel and see the need to express. Unfortunately there’s none of that.. I think there’s little to none in there. I just feel a bit beaten up over the fact she’d prefer a bottle now, I miss the ongoing bonding sessions that we had together and I fear that I’m going to loose that now. I guess the right word for how I feel is ‘rejected’. Has anyone else ever felt the same? And is there anyway I can encourage her to continue? I know 6 weeks is a long time and I should be proud to say that I’ve breastfed her at all, and some people unfortunately don’t have the chance to.... any advice?