Hi Tiff
I know what you mean. I to was in the same boat as you with my little man and to make matters worse by around the 6 - 8 week old mark I just wasn't making enough milk for my little monster (not that he's that little but). From all his weigh ins he was thriving but day by day it was becoming more and more of a struggle. The days would start off fine with fully breasts but each feed just became harder and more stressful with all the screaming and pulling off. I even tried expressing as he fed well from the bottle. I even tried when, my supply started slowing down, every tip that I read on here and all my baby books on getting supply up but nothing seemed to work. I had a horrible feeling in my gut about giving up breastfeeding but I knew I had to do something to get US both happy, We have now been fully on formula since 9 weeks old and after trialling several different formulas before settling nicely on karicare gold we both now happy and still thriving after 3 weeks. I felt so guilty "giving up" as my MIL said but I now think #@*% it, we're both healthy and happy and enjoying each other alot more. I was bottle feed as a baby and my husband was fully breastfed and I have a higher IQ than him so it doesn't make any difference to brain power if that's what people are worried about. We are both over 6 foot tall too so it didn't slow my growth down either. Just go with your gut and do whatever makes you and bub happy!!!!! smile