When my girl was born, I didnt really consider not breastfeeding. I always just though that I was definately going to try my very best to breastfeed her. There are advantages to both breastfeeding and bottle feeding.

When I was in the hospital, they suggested demand feeding, where you just feed bub whenever they want it. I think in the early days, 4 hours is a bit too long to leave between feeds and could affect your milk supply. Thats the impression I got anyway, because you need bub to be on the breast as their sucking helps stimunlate the milk and 4 hourly might not be enough. I was still breast feeding my daughter every two hours until she was about 8 months! She is still breastfeeding now, (she is 11 months) and I dont think this had made her spoilt or overly demanding. Most babies are demanding in some way or other anyway!

I dont really think theres a straight answer, but there is loads of information out there (sometimes too much information!). As much as infant formulas are contunually improving, I personally dont think they could compare to breastmilk in terms of what they give your bub.