Dear prospective parents, esp first time parents, hoping to be perfect parents, I just want to tell you, after 4 kids, just do what works for you.

Your sanity has a bigger influence on the well being of your child than any single factor like religiously breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding is incredibly convenient when the mom is not working, and cost efficient. But if it becomes impossibly inconvenient or costly, eg while mom is working, dont beat yourself up if you have to resort to formula to bridge the gaps.

Also, baby formula marketing would lead you to believe that formula with omega3 will make your babies smarter too. That's probably the lie you should disbelieve in.

Raising a confident well adjusted child is more important to me than high IQ, and there is no objective way to measure that.