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I don't know but most young babies at daycare drink pumped milk and switch to formula around 6 months.
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@MrsTiz: so funny - complete opposite here. Anytime I had to give DS a bottle I felt I was being judged. Like the breastfeeding police were gonna get me - even pumped milk! Everyone breastfeeds here.
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totally the norm in Shanghai. Mostly because formula isn't regulated here so nobody trusts it.
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@Kemma: that's so true. I wouldn't have made it past 6 weeks without my amazing LC, and I would NEVER have gone to one if I had to pay. Lol. Cheapskate much?
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Don't have a lot of mama friends. Bff is due Mon and plans to pump. Dhs bffs wife did w all three of her kids but length shortened each time.
Im the second one on both sides of my family to do/be able to bf. My fam is super supportivr and happy that I can. It was/is def the norm in dh's extended fam.
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I think it has more to do with your specific circle than geographic location. Hubs and I grew up fairly close to each other and breastfeeding is the norm/expectation among my friend's and family and formula feeding is the norm for his side. I guess he had never thought to ask his mom what she did until I was pregnant and he was shocked (and I think a little upset) to find out he was formula fed since he felt very strongly that he wanted me to breastfeed as long as I'm willing to. I actually think the opposite and see breastfeeding as being indicative of a higher socioeconomic class as those women are more educated on the benefits.
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I'm pretty much the only one I know that has a) given BFing a tried and stuck with it after the first few weeks b) stuck with it past 6 months.
Some had issues,some were too lazy, some pumping + working FT became too much.My mom has been pretty much telling me from the start to wean which surprises me bc she BFed all of us. But I think it's more to make it easier on me.
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I'm not sure! My friends are split pretty much 50/50 on who currently/has breastfed. Actually it's probably more in favor of it (one friend gave up with her son bc of the pain but was able to do it with her daughter). There's a pretty sizable breastfeeding group at the hospital where I gave birth and a few la leche meetings (though I don't know how well attended they are). Our pediatrician, who tons of people go to, is pretty supportive. I never see anybody breastfeeding publicly, but then again, I don't go looking for it so it could be happening around me and I just don't notice. This is kind of an artsier, more liberal area so my guess would be yes, it's the norm.
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This is an interesting thread!
All of my friends here in Virginia breast feed. It's the expected thing in the educated, working circles. Some of turned to bottle feeding due to other issues, but they started out trying to BF.
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I don't know anyone IRL who ebf like I did with ds. My bff says she's gonna give it a better shot this time with her next, though. I'm hoping I can be a good example to her, cause I'll be ebf dd and her next one is due in August.
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I don't think I know anyone who didnt at least try to BF. It seems like most people here do it to at least 6 months, but I think most of them are SAHMs. We also go to a baby story time at the library and women often bf their babies there, but other than that I don't think I've ever seen anyone BF in public.
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Most mom's I've met have breastfed for 3-4 months and then quit. They said pumping at work was too much.
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It's the norm here in Chicago. Like @autumnlove said, most pump up until 6 months, then switch to formula for daycare. Some go longer. From my mother's room experiences, I've heard between 10-12 months is norm.
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Before I got on the Internet world of baby blogs and forums. My
SIL was the only person I knew who breastfeed. And even though it feels very taboo to say in his community, I'm strongly leaning toward not BF'ing -
@MamaMoose: good point - especially since we live in same area. And I agree - I've always seen BF as an indication of someone being intelligent/well-read
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