Nope. Even after a year, regression to the mean is expected. I have a PhD and do research for a living. Unless your kid is a super preemie or legitimately has some sort of medical issue which has been shown to be helped by BF’ing, formula fed babies are basically the same as breastfed babies after a year.

Thanks! Whilst she is a talented painter she didn’t do them herself. She had them custom designed by a nice woman from the internet.

So your selfishness is creating children who will have attachment issues to mommy while driving the husband out of the bedroom. Well played.

I cannot stand how some moms have to ferally justify their life choices at any hint of maybe-sort-of-not-actually-at-all threat.

Yes, there are some pretty glaring historical holes there. When America was largely an agricultural society you’d better believe that everyone in a family worked. Rather than “letting them cry it out” women simply wore their babies in a sling, or kept them nearby while they worked.

Wait... you aren't joking? This is a thing people say?

I was a baby fed on formula, who cried it out in the crib. I didn’t turn into a serial killer or Libertarian. Everything is okay.

(I don’t like that you can’t see which comments replies belong to in Kinja. This is re: cribs being a recent invention)

My parenting drastically improved along with all of our moods when I started ignoring the shit out of everyone and doing what felt right for my kids. Which in my case meant near-zero spanking (only when they deliberately did something dangerous), nightly formula supplements, and different sleep routines per kid but…

I have a good friend from HS who posts about crying-it-out like it is child abuse. I am not a mother, but it just strikes me as INCREDIBLY smug and judgmental towards other moms who use cry-it-out.

YOU DONT BABYSIT YOUR OWN CHILD ARGLEBARGLE

I know several couples who sleep in different rooms. They all seem very happy, loving and bonded. Since they keep having children, I assume they still have sex, although I haven't asked. I don't know why people are so obsessed with couples sharing beds? Really, some of the reactions I've heard of or witnessed have…

Moral of the story (which I’m sure was what you were trying to get across, right?? RIGHT?) was that we all do what is best for OUR kids and OUR families.

Sleep is learned behavior for kids. However they learn it, they need to. Toddlers and kids with shitty sleep habits have behavior issues, struggle to focus in school,…

I’d invite you to my Facebook feed, where super-moms chat AT LENGTH about the wraps they have for baby-wearing. They also discuss the horrifying monsters who put their babies in cribs, which is exactly what Hitler would have done if Hitler were a terrible mother and not a dictator.

I’m not a parent, but damn I had no idea “cry it out” was so controversial! My sister does it with her kids, and that’s always what people told me when I was a babysitter back in the day! The more you know, I guess.

These are offensively gaudy, but I can’t help but like them.

Hi, Andrew.

How much do you know about women’s fashion, again?

This is A) very true to this brand, which has a very big following and B) a very specific style.

This kind of styling is the epitome of “I do this for me.” You can see this also in the designs of Betsey Johnson. You know, a real fashion designer. Many big…

Truly awful. I want them all.

This is one of the dumbest arguments against criticism.

The celebrated genius added, “He is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.”