Breastfeeding and T1 risk

Hello @Lovinlife

Firstly well done, you have done incredibly well, I think I lasted about 3 months before I caved in to the bottle, I have to admit I couldn't stand the pressure of doing it, was getting it from all sides about continuing to do it, it was my sister in law who is a trained mid-wife/nurse who said to me to use the bottle, she knew I was getting stressed and told me it would be better for both baby and me to do it, it was a light bulb moment for me and I immediately felt much better, I felt I wasn't giving her enough, I didn't even consider any t1 implications to the decision, it was about keeping a happy household, she's now 12 and no sign of t1, no one can tell you for sure what the risks are but from a mental well being point of view it's what's best for you and baby, a happy mum = a happy baby x

Do you have a link to the risk of T1 in bottle-fed babies please?

And about vitamin D amount and suppliements in small children?

I have a T1 friend who may be interested in this.

At 16 weeks my two were grabbing food off my plate so I gave them their own being careful that the foods were large enough to hold onto or small enough to swallow easily - it is the bits in between in size which are the choking hazard. Meals were a bit messy and they were inclined to nosedive into the food but they both managed very well. They had very little bother teething, and both are very tall and strong.
Children really should not scream all the time - in my experience they hardly cry at all if they are contented, warm and dry.
I can't quite see a connection between a lack of supplementary feeding and type one diabetes, but milk formula is not a healthy choice if you read the ingredients list, and continuing to breastfeed should help with the mastitis. By adding in some food the child should be less anxious for milk. If the weather is hot, though do offer a little boiled and cooled water to keep up fluids, and of course do not add salt to the food offered.
Children need protein and fat for their growing bodies and brains - a child in its first year develops more than in any other year of its life, so do provide the building blocks for that growth.
I fed mine on meat fish eggs etc and we never had tantrums or screaming. They have both grown rather tall, but slender.

Some babies are screamers. Even when fed, warm, dry and comfortable, some scream.

Just like some sleep well, and others don't sleep through the night until they are school age.

At 16 weeks a baby may be extra hungry as a growth spurt can happen, or first teeth can be coming through, for example.

Babies are all different. Experience of parenthood is all different. Having a screamer is no reflection on the quality of parenting, or necessarily a cause to worry if all has been checked out medically.

I breastfed my daughter for a couple of months, but had to go onto formula. As she was a premature baby, smaller too, when she latched on after one of two sucks, she was asleep, this went on for around 1 1/2 hours. One night I nearly fell off of the bed because I was so exhausted, She is 19 now and shows no sign of type 1 diabetes.
ps I have 3 brother's and 1 sister, we were all bottle fed and I was the only one diagnosed with diabetes, it happened when I was going through a very tough and stressful time.