I must know a whole heckuva lot of exceptions. And I must have birthed 10 exceptional children. I have ONE child who had formula. ONE. And that was a month after she was born. My mother must’ve birthed a lot of exceptions. And my grandmothers. And great-grandmothers. Now, on hubby’s side, things were different. My m-i-l was not interested in breastfeeding. I haven’t noticed any unusual health problems in hubby or his siblings. His maternal grandmother had a hard time breastfeeding her second child. She used formula over 60 years ago.
I was talking about replies from pro-breastfeeding folks as much as the pro-formula folks.
Maybe it’s the mountains I live in. Our hospital has a bustling lactation center full of specialists to help new mothers with breastfeeding. (I wonder why they even have one if it’s so easy?) They try to tell you it’s simple but they privately admitted to us it was rare to not ever supplement.
Congrats on your 10 kids, I couldn’t even begin to imagine.