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BW :hug: I totally agree. I found FF SO much more difficult than BF - i know i had an easy time establishing BF compared to many, and the benefit of an easy birth (which was luck, not skill) so we were both coming to it in the best possible place to learn, but i was totally unprepared for that feeling when you've been out longer than planned and you can SEE how hungry they're getting. I'm sure i'm not the only mum who had to buy a carton of readymade FF and a new single bottle and *pray* that the super hot water you used to wash the bottle with in some public or friend's sink will be enough to stop them getting anything... And that is BEFORE i had to deal with the guilt i felt over the loss of my milk. It was hard to FF. Practically, emotionally and financially. Hard.
Bx
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Ok, it was vjust a passing remark about the attitudes of some people, I know peronally my SIL and a few friends IRL had a FF is easier attitude, maybe because you can share the load, plus bfing pain in the first little bit. Thats all I meant. Nothing personal, just my experiernce and was just saying that what some people MIGHT think.
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Hey guys this isn't a debate of wether FF or BF is harder as a mum who's done both, both are as hard as each both have there pro's and cons
But lets keep this thread about the topic pleace
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Do you BF/Formula? Breast feed
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? still feeding now and would love to for atleast 12 months
Use Disposables or Cloth? Cloth but sposies for holidays and sometimes at night
Co-Sleep? Yes
Baby Led Solids? Havent started solids yet but would like to try BLS
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Why Did you start using cloth? I got interested while on BB so when pg did alot of reasearch - oh and ther're cute :)
What did you start doing first? breast feeding
Did you find one thing led to another? Um, for me, well, its hard to say i guess we still co-sleep cause i am breastfeeding so yes there but as for mcns and bls - no - i think thats personally just a choice i have researched and made myself.
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Do you BF/Formula? BF but starting to switch to FF as I am working
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? DS is now 3 1/2 months and I intend to have him fully FF by 6 mths
Use Disposables or Cloth? Cloth mainly. Still using disposibles most nights as I'm still working on the night nappies in cloth.
Co-Sleep? No
Baby Led Solids? Too early
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Why Did you start using cloth? I did some research & didn't like the sound of the chemicals in the sposies. Also partly cost.
What did you start doing first? BF then cloth
Did you find one thing led to another? Not really. They are all separate issues and we just decided on what was best for bub. BF just worked for me. Unfortunately it is too hard to continue to work and BF. Cloth took a bit more organising. It took about 3 weeks before I had the energy to switch to cloth. Co-sleeping was never going to work as I sleep way too lightly and DH takes up way too much room & our bedroom is too small for a cot as well.
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mother doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try? Most mothers I spoke to before didn't do cloth but I have since met many who do. This site provided so much info re cloth nappies and the positive attitude to cloth was very encouraging/inspiring.
Hope this helps:)
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Do you BF/Formula? BF, two formula top ups in hosp based on paed recommendation
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? Intend to self-wean, hoping for 12 months
Use Disposables or Cloth? Cloth all the way!
Co-Sleep? Only in the mornings when mummy wants more sleep...
Baby Led Solids? Intend to, yep!
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Why Did you start using cloth? A good friend sells them and would ex-communicate me if I used sposies... but also for the environmental benefits and because I saw how easy they were to use when my sister had my niece!
What did you start doing first? Umm BF, the hosp used sposies
Did you find one thing led to another? Not really
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mother doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try? Yes, definitely, my sister has been a big support for me with the BF and the cloth!
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Do you BF/Formula? Breastfeed
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? aiming for as long as possible
Use Disposables or Cloth? Cloth, sposies for outings, but now moving towards full time
Co-Sleep? yes
Baby Led Solids? not quite up to that! but it looks interesting
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Why Did you start using cloth? i don't know really, to me it was the only option i really thought about, then i discovered MCNs! i guess because i'd been a cloth baby and i'm not a fan of the cost, health and environmental impact of disposibles
What did you start doing first? bf and cloth at the same time, ollie had his first fed just after he was born then into a (hospital) cloth nappy, i co slept maybe a day later, still in hossie, then often at home, then full time at about 2 ish weeks
Did you find one thing led to another? in a way, yes. the bf and cosleeping especially, it's so much easier!
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mothers doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try? for cloth, not incredibly, because i didn't know anyone else who cloth nappied, for bf i was already determined and the women in the aba helped reinforce that but co sleeping yes as a visiting friend (who bf and cloth nappied) showed me how she did it, which gave me the confidence to, but it all happened sort of together
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Do you BF/Formula? Breastfeed
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? 3.5 months and still going
Use Disposables or Cloth? Disposables
Co-Sleep? DS sleeps in his bassinet right next to my side of the bed
Baby Led Solids? Not quite there yet
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Why Did you start using cloth? I haven't yet - but I hope to with the next bub
What did you start doing first? Well, b/f since I don't use cloth, and don't co-sleep
Did you find one thing led to another? With b/f it was so much easier having DS in our room with us. I like that I can hear him sleep, and hear him if he stirs and wakes for a feed before he gets to crying.
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mothers doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try? Haven't had a great deal to do with other mums IRL, so hard to say
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Do you BF/Formula? Breastfeed
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? No plan to wean yet, still feeding at 18 months. Will most likely wait until he self weans, whenever that is.
Use Disposables or Cloth? Cloth. Use eco-disposables on rare occasions (eg: the occasional really bad nappy rash, travelling).
Co-Sleep? Nope. It sounded great in theory, and I would have liked to have co-slept (more so than my partner), but no-one gets any sleep around here with Mr Kicky & Rolly in the bed. His cot was in our room for the first month and a half, then in his own room since then. He is still cuddled, rocked or fed to sleep though, and is still worn daily.
Baby Led Solids? No. Not in the strict sense of the word. Although if he doesn't want to eat something, he is not shy about letting us know.
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Why did you start using cloth? Primarily environmental reasons
What did you start doing first? Breastfed and cloth bummed from birth. Worn from a few days after birth.
Did you find one thing led to another? Not as such, I had always intended to use cloth, and planned to breastfeed if possible, and to babywear, so it was more a confluence of ideas than one thing informing the other.
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mother doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try? Not as such, although my knowledge of cloth nappying and babywearing has increased vastly through both my own experience, and through learning from other people's experiences.
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Do you BF/Formula? Exclusively BF
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)? Hoping for at least 12 months
Use Disposables or Cloth? Cloth mostly and sposies when out & about but I dont like them too much really and might try full time cloth once I have a full time stash
Co-Sleep? Sometimes, mostly in morning so I can have a sleep in!!
Baby Led Solids? Will have to see...
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Why Did you start using cloth? Interested initially from an environmental and cost perspective
What did you start doing first? Breastfeeding
Did you find one thing led to another? No, but I def think there is a mind set that makes BF, cloth & co-sleeping go together. I dont know what I would describe it as, but perhaps a more relaxed / baby lead style of parenting?
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mother doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try? I dont know if inspired is the right word, but def found some great advice / suggestions on brands that helped along the way.
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Do you BF/Formula?
BF...Charlotte wont even take a bottle of EBM lol
If BF, how long for (or self wean?)?
Sill going, 18 months so far...self weaning...read: we will see what happens and when mummy wants her boobs back!! lol
Use Disposables or Cloth?
Full time cloth
Co-Sleep?
co-slept for first 5 months, only now when she is sick and after 6am for morning cuddles and feed :)
Baby Led Solids?
Yes - we did purees as well - she used a spoon from 7 months, fork from 9 months and has been feeding herself regardless of texture since 7 months
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Why Did you start using cloth?
So many reasons!!
Nutshell - cleaner, safer, cheaper, prettier, environmental factors....why use plastic crap when I can use gorgeous renewable bamboo?
What did you start doing first?
all at once from birth as planned
Did you find one thing led to another?
BF made the co-sleeping thing more of a given I think.
Did you find that by doing one you spoke to other mother doing the others and were encouraged/inspired to try?
I was reassured that I wasnt some 'weird' hippy as I was constantly told!! And I found that the women around me who DIDN'T BF/C-S/MCN suddenly felt the need to defend their own choices to me...lol
