Guys... my Mum told me about how we used to do that too. When Gab was only a couple of months and was going through a difficult phase, she said "Just wait until she starts getting distracted and looking around - that's when the fun starts!". So, yep... just more confirmation that it's completely normal.

I suppose it's our culture that makes this sort of thing difficult - we don't want our boobs exposed and we always have somewhere to be. In a perfect world we'd all just be able to wander around with our boozies hanging out, bubs can snack when they want to and there's no hurry.... LOL.

Good to hear things are going well with the mixed feeds, Lucy. They do get to an age where FF is easier, imo. Early days, BF is definitely the most convienient and easy. But, once they are down to 3 feeds a day, relying a lot on solids, it's just not such a chore with the bottles. I was a little funny about it when I first started to cut Gabby's BF's down but, really, the transition was pretty smooth. Apart from about a month of projectile vomitting (which I attribute to the formula she was on), we really haven't looked back - except for me missing the intimacy of BFing.. that took a while to get past.

It all works out in the wash, hey?