My boss who is having his first baby early next year remarked that his girlfriend would not be breastfeeding. I immediately asked the question "why not" and he replied she didnt fancy it? Now I will agree firstly that of course it’s the women’s prerogative to choose but from a blokes point of view it is an absolute no brainer!! She must breastfeed if you want a far easier life.
Breastfeeding a baby is far healthier for the baby and sterilizing and making up bottles is mind numbing. It is a massive waste of your time particularly when there is obvious milk in the mummy’s fridge!!
If your partner doesn’t breastfeed then she is going to want you to share in the feeding experience. By this she basically means you are going to have to haul your ass down the stairs about 3 times a night for 6 months warming up bottles. Now your sleep pattern is going to be shot anyway but this will make it far worse than you can ever imagine.
The only good thing that can come out of this is that he is going to be far too tired to do his job properly and he will get sacked paving the way for me to take his place.
