Today, most of my immediate family do nothing but criticise me for not breastfeeding. My mom even threatened to call CPS for child abuse, no matter how many times I explain I physically don’t produce milk, and formula feeding is literally my only option. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was called a horrible excuse for a mother just for buying formula for my baby. I just don’t produce any milk of my own. FML
Today, my mother-in-law said, "I just find I'm not at all confident bottle feeding a baby, as I breastfed all of mine." Thank you for making me feel like s*** for me decision to bottle feed. FML
Today, my husband and mother started supplementing my newborn son with formula, because they are such control freaks and don't like my son getting attached to me. He was doing very well while exclusively breastfed according to the doctor. But it looks like my happiness or my son's well-being is of zero importance. FML
Today, I got pissed after my boyfriend tried mansplaining breastfeeding to me. I’ve nursed two children of my own, stocked and sustained two big freezers full, and still had leftovers to donate to preemies. He tried saying pumping "doesn’t increase supply" and that I just “got lucky” making so much. FML
Today, my sister in law threatened to call CPS on me because I “starved” her children when they spent the night. I didn’t starve them. I made an actual home cooked meal instead of the microwaveable or fast food crap she constantly feeds them. They chose not to eat and threw tantrums instead. FML
Today, I had to tell my adult daughter that living in a pigsty house, breastfeeding when she can be bothered, changing a nappy only once a day, and leaving the baby at any relative's house while she shops is not adequate parenting, and unless she improves, I’m getting social services involved. FML
Today, in public, one of my mom's friends asked me how on earth did I get so tall. My mom happily scampered to my side and shrieked, "TWO YEARS OF BREAST MILK!" FML
Today, my mom is threatening to disinherit me because I won’t have a baby. I have three siblings who between them have seven kids for her to obsess over, yet she calls at least once a week and always tries to convince me to get pregnant. Fuck off mom. FML
Today, I got screamed at by a woman at work for feeding her 3-week-old infant formula instead of the bottled Kool-Aid that she packed. FML
Today I left my 8-week-old with my brother so I could return to work. His wife took all the breast milk I'd packed out of the fridge and poured it out. According to her, it was “gross” and she didn’t want it near her food. My son is allergic to formula. FML
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FluffythePink 23
Tell them to either find you a legitimate source of breast milk or shut the **** up? Bonus, if they do manage to find you a viable milk share group in your area, it's usually by donation so your formula bill would be less... Bit of a win/win? The other option is to cut the toxic morons out and completely ignore their uneducated bullshit.
Lamitucus 4
I would tell them to go ahead and call CPS. If/when anyone comes to investigate let them know that your family threatened reporting you for not breastfeeding. They don’t like false reports, also if your family continues to try stuff CPS will have a record of this and the information could be used if you wanted to pursue harassment charges in the future. You are doing what best for your child and that all you can do, ignore your toxic family.
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ahabsfan 17
Just tell them to suck it up.
FluffythePink 23
Tell them to either find you a legitimate source of breast milk or shut the **** up? Bonus, if they do manage to find you a viable milk share group in your area, it's usually by donation so your formula bill would be less... Bit of a win/win? The other option is to cut the toxic morons out and completely ignore their uneducated bullshit.
D J's MOM 17
so sorry your family is a bunch of crackpot freaking morons. feel free to tell them I said so. and to get educated.
Lamitucus 4
I would tell them to go ahead and call CPS. If/when anyone comes to investigate let them know that your family threatened reporting you for not breastfeeding. They don’t like false reports, also if your family continues to try stuff CPS will have a record of this and the information could be used if you wanted to pursue harassment charges in the future. You are doing what best for your child and that all you can do, ignore your toxic family.
Rake 18
Even if you could, it's your choice to decide if you want to or not. Now it's bf, tomorrow it's something else you do. Draw the line and don't let them in.
BrizBurry 10
**** all of them. wave the wellness check paperwork at them and tell em to eat crayons. as long as ur baby is healthy ur **** are none of their business