It depends on your circles. The guilt is misdirected frustration with uninformed mothers who think formula is good enough, or frustration with the eh-too-hard-l

It depends on your circles. The guilt is misdirected frustration with uninformed mothers who think formula is good enough, or frustration with the eh-too-hard-lets-order-something-cute-from-mini-boden set. But in most circles, formula is extremely common. In other cultures, if mom is unable to produce enough milk, there were other moms to help. That's too weird for us now, so it's formula or some other second rate substitution.