In this episode Kate shares her experience formula feeding her daughter Cleo.  Kate went into motherhood open minded about how she, and partner Tony, would feed Cleo.   After a traumatic birth experience, Kate spent the following days in hospital and birth care trying to establish breastfeeding with Cleo.   Kate talks about how a birth care staff, who could sense the pressure breastfeeding was putting on Kate, suggested she take 24 hours “off” breastfeeding and allow her body to rest and heal.  It was during that rest period that Kate, with the support of Tony, made the decision to formula feed Cleo.

It was really interesting to hear how Kate processed this choice.  She had a really positive experience bottle feeding Cleo and talks about the highs the experience gave her.  Kate also shares a wee bit about how Cleo was introduced to solids.

I loved recording this episode - in a world where parents are often judged for choices they make it is so nice to hear from someone who had a truly positive bottle feeding experience from the start and throughout.