Something to terrify the parents..
I have a bugbear at the moment. Something that winds me up an incredible amount. It makes me very glad that this is the current thing in my life that winds me up the most* as it means that the rest of my life is going incredibly well.
Breastfeeding is good. No arguement there. Allows for disease resistance, healthy tissue and cell growth and creates an incredible mental bond.
But it ain't the only way.
FACT: Some mother's can't breastfeed due to medical issues.
FACT: After four months there is not enough iron in breast milk for children
FACT: Some babies will not take milk from the breast.
FACT: Staying awake right through the night and having no sleep for weeks on end is not healthy for either mother or baby.
FACT: Taking medication affects the balance of your system and your mental acuities. This is passed on through breast milk and the act of feeding itself.
FACT: Being addicted to illegal drugs is a very serious problem, and this is passed on through the breast milk to the child.
FACT: Formula is just as good and effective as breast milk. Otherwise hospitals would not use it on premature babies living in incubators.
FACT: Due to the current paranoia over breast feeding, proper information on formula feeding is not given by medical health professionals in any way, which results in babies being put at risk. We were never informed that we had to sterilise bottles, for example.
FACT: Psychologically speaking, forcing a new mother to commit actions she mentally and physically hates will raise her stress levels. Babies pick up and interpret stress levels and act accordingly. Stress builds more stress.
FACT: Fathers cannot help with breast feeding. This interrupts the paternal bond with a child and breeds resentment between the parents.
There are people in this world that say that breast feeding is the only acceptable method for feeding a child, and that formula feeding is wrong. Completely wrong. Without exception. And that if you don't breastfeed you are a bad mother.
Call me mad, but I think advocating an exclusive method of feeding that can result in the starvation of a new-born child, the transmission of addictive drugs, the complete mental separation of mother and baby, the stress between mother, father and baby and denying /ignoring a method that medical health professionals accept is just as effective as breast feeding is not only crazy, it is also sick, twisted and worthy of complete contempt.
I have no issue with breast feeding, I think it is a good thing. I also thing formula feeding is a good thing, starving babies is a bad thing, and that both can be used effectively and happily.
This is deliberately an open post, feel free to pass on the link. I would love one person to give me a proven arguement as to why exclusive breast-feeding is better, or why formula feeding is so wrong.
*And yeah, am depressed and annoyed about money as well (as we have none) but it's not that much a biggie.
Breastfeeding is good. No arguement there. Allows for disease resistance, healthy tissue and cell growth and creates an incredible mental bond.
But it ain't the only way.
FACT: Some mother's can't breastfeed due to medical issues.
FACT: After four months there is not enough iron in breast milk for children
FACT: Some babies will not take milk from the breast.
FACT: Staying awake right through the night and having no sleep for weeks on end is not healthy for either mother or baby.
FACT: Taking medication affects the balance of your system and your mental acuities. This is passed on through breast milk and the act of feeding itself.
FACT: Being addicted to illegal drugs is a very serious problem, and this is passed on through the breast milk to the child.
FACT: Formula is just as good and effective as breast milk. Otherwise hospitals would not use it on premature babies living in incubators.
FACT: Due to the current paranoia over breast feeding, proper information on formula feeding is not given by medical health professionals in any way, which results in babies being put at risk. We were never informed that we had to sterilise bottles, for example.
FACT: Psychologically speaking, forcing a new mother to commit actions she mentally and physically hates will raise her stress levels. Babies pick up and interpret stress levels and act accordingly. Stress builds more stress.
FACT: Fathers cannot help with breast feeding. This interrupts the paternal bond with a child and breeds resentment between the parents.
There are people in this world that say that breast feeding is the only acceptable method for feeding a child, and that formula feeding is wrong. Completely wrong. Without exception. And that if you don't breastfeed you are a bad mother.
Call me mad, but I think advocating an exclusive method of feeding that can result in the starvation of a new-born child, the transmission of addictive drugs, the complete mental separation of mother and baby, the stress between mother, father and baby and denying /ignoring a method that medical health professionals accept is just as effective as breast feeding is not only crazy, it is also sick, twisted and worthy of complete contempt.
I have no issue with breast feeding, I think it is a good thing. I also thing formula feeding is a good thing, starving babies is a bad thing, and that both can be used effectively and happily.
This is deliberately an open post, feel free to pass on the link. I would love one person to give me a proven arguement as to why exclusive breast-feeding is better, or why formula feeding is so wrong.
*And yeah, am depressed and annoyed about money as well (as we have none) but it's not that much a biggie.