breast feeding question
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- locustsloth0
1) TriViSol adds vitamin D, which you get from the sun, meaning you don't really need to add it.
2) Who is the "they" that recommends it, Infamil?
3) What is the "etc" that you are referring to?
4) What the fuck do you have against breastfeeding?
- Greedo0
Not to get all preachy, but breast feeding has all sorts of insanely good side effects for your kid and the mother, too. Not the least of which being that it's the fastest way to shed those pregnancy pounds.
Breastfed kids have better immune systems, and apparently do better in school later on, etc.
You wanna put your kid on a formula produced by some chemicals giant, be my guest. They always have your best interest at heart, don't they.
- OSFA0
It's OK CALLES, your mom still breast feeds most of us here.... Zing!
- Mimio0
Locust,
I'm not against it at all. My wife just finished doing it for our son for over a year. APA recommends the TriViSol. Seems like the science backs up some of claims of the health benefits Immune system, digestion, lower chance of adult obesity/Type II diabetes. Like anything, there are people who take it WAY too far and make really ridiculous claims about its benefits.
- mg330
This thread has made me very lightheaded...
- gramme0
Fully agree with Greedo about the benefits. However, it does seem weird to breastfeed a child with whom you can have a conversation. I think when a kid gets to the point of eating adult food and have all or most of their baby teeth in place (happens some time before or near age 2 usually), then that's a good time to put the boobs away. Just my 2¢.
- locustsloth0
That was an interesting article, Mimeo. And i think what she's trying to get at is true; that mothers shouldn't be subjected to fanatical judgments when they decided to stop, or never, breastfeed.
However, as is somewhat evident of this very thread, attitudes towards women breastfeeding, regardless of how long, are to some degree stuck back when the rise of formula use she writes of happened. Subjective notions of decency made breastfeeding women, women who did what it seems nature intended them to do when they had a child, feel as bad as the women who don't nurse today. The pro-nursing fanaticism is a product of women being fed up with people telling them what they should or shouldn't do with their bodies.
My sons are 8 and 4 and both were breastfed by my wife. We were the first couple in our group of friends to have a child, so the whole breastfeeding thing became an issue. It was also an issue with my family, who, for lack of a fuller explanation, are generally ignorant. This external pressure made it difficult for us to do what we thought was best for our own child.My point is that the decision of when stop is between the mother and her child. Anyone else's input on the issue is somewhat invalid.
- Mimio0
Sure, that's a great point. All the reason someone would need. My beef was more with the hype and promotion of it, and that being inordinately emotional and unscientific. As that article points out some of the most publicized health benefits are flimsy at best.
- ********0
- ********0
I reckon the only reason pressure is ever put on a woman to use formula over breast-milk is commercial -> you can't make so much money from breast-milk.
Because of this, I can't help thinking that any anti-breast feeding article has probably been put out there for commercial reasons. Commercial lobbyists and marketers are devious.
- The author is actually nursing her child ....she's talking about misinformation and pressures that exist.Mimio