https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:00:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610269 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:16:47 +0000 LaineysMom 610269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I agree. I exclusively pump, but a lot of the time I just say she's breast fed because technically she's getting all of her food from my breast.. haha. We did well breastfeeding for a little over a month, but her GI specialist suggested bottle feeding since LO has severe reflux and wasn't handling my letdown well.. I don't feel like explain that to everyone, so I just say breast fed.</p> <p>FWIW, our ped just asks what she's eating.. not how.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610258 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:05:49 +0000 red_seattle 610258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think our mothers' generations equate "bottle feeding" to formula feeding. I had several really confusing conversations early on with my MIL and women from work who were asking when X would start using the bottle. After a while it clicked: for women over 50, bottle feeding means formula feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610242 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:41:19 +0000 MaisyMay 610242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: Exactly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610241 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:40:36 +0000 googly-eyes 610241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maisymay Thank you! :) I'd still consider you "a nursing mom" because you're producing milk and feeding it to LO even through a bottle...but not "nursing." Lol, so confusing! </p> <p>I feel like they should first ask, breast milk or formula and if you say breast milk THEN maybe breast or bottle if it's relevant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610239 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:37:39 +0000 googly-eyes 610239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>True! But most of the time I've been asked this has been in regard to what LO is eating. When I was pumping, I said, pumping, but it never made a difference to the doctors (3 different ones, her pedi and two others who saw her.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610237 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:37:05 +0000 MaisyMay 610237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I moved it to feeding for you. :)</p> <p>I never know how to answer the question of "are you nursing/is she breastfed." No she isn't, but she eats 75-90% breastmilk, just from a bottle. I feel like it turns into this long discussion of why we don't nurse, why I EP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610225 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:39 +0000 runsyellowlites 610225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it matters if you're breastfeeding, nursing vs bottle feeding. Especially if you are having any troubleshooting issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610220 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:53:10 +0000 googly-eyes 610220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oops, didn't mean for this to be in "baby fever." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfed-vs-bottlefed#post-610219 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:52:21 +0000 googly-eyes 610219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't get this.</p> <p>Shouldn't it be based on WHAT they are eating not from where... EPing isn't quite EBFing, but if we're just discussing nutrition/feeding, it is to me!</p> <p>My LO is FF, and I dislike saying "bottlefed." Like, what else would I put her formula in? It almost seems like a euphemism for FF, like I should be embarrassed to say she is FF!</p> <p>I just think it's odd. I know I can't be the only one! </p>