First thing: stop feeling guilty. Then throw away the Dr. Sears book. STAT.

The scientific evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding is tenuous, at best. The garbage just gets repeated over and over and over again.

Decide what you're willing to do breastfeeding wise, then move on. No apologies. You've got plenty of other stuff to worry about that really will have an affect on your kid(s).

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/20090...-breastfeeding

http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...mped-the-pump/