It’s not mum shaming it’s science. As I said people can choose how they feed their babies but that’s what it is- a choice, and it’s not the best one. From your reply I know exactly how you’ve fed and why you are so defensive about it.
What a disgusting post
I expect you made her feel uncomfortable also? I was told people were complaining about my baby crying as I was struggling to breadtfeed. The midwife said ‘can I give her a bottle’. I said no and rightly so.
Totally agree with you.I’m sorry this is off topic but your comment on breastfeeding is extremely ignorant. Natural term breastfeeding is natural and no one should be shamed for doing it or made to feel like some kind of weirdo
Breastfeeding Beyond a Year - La Leche League GB
Independence, not dependence, is one outstanding trait that breastfed children who self-wean have in common.www.laleche.org.uk
Just because she did at the start doesn’t mean she would be able to for longer. I hate these posts debating what type of feeding she’s doing. It’s no ones business but hers. And that’s coming from someone who finds it very annoying and rude when someone asks if I’m bf. What’s it got to do with anyoneShe said something about “can’t breastfeed”? Funny that, she said a while back that she breastfed for the first 5 weeks
This made me think about everything. I know that sounds strange but I've never thought about our breastmilk being dairy
now I feel like a 35 week pregnant cow ready to be milked Absolutely love these posts. So often it’s “the benefits of breastfeeding” as if formula is somehow the norm and if you then breastfeed it’s a bonus. When in actual fact, as you say, it’s the opposite. But people are too scared to say that in case it offends formula feeders (and I can see why hearing “formula feeding increases the risk of XYZ” would upset people who are just trying to do their best, to be fair) Even in one of my own posts I said the benefits of bf, and wanted to clarify but didn’t want to get attacked for that. So it’s great to see someone saying it
Some of what you said is 100% true and great but the last thing you wrote had me laughing you try feeding a baby of just milk until 1, mine would be starved , grumpy & wouldn't sleep if I only ever have them milk!
As previously posted this happened to me within an hour of giving birth. I was left alone, still in the delivery suite with my husband and baby and was attempting to breastfeed. My baby cried for a little while when a Midwife walked in and told me other mothers were complaining about my baby crying and could she give her a bottle.So you put your own stubbornness over your crying, hungry child.
And I'M the disgusting one? Please!
I don't have a mummy brigade please don't make this something it's not.
, you're good at it.Breastfeeding support from
All I can say is this...I had no milk. None , nada..I tried until I was physically and mentally exhausted and he'd lost weight. At the time I felt hopeless.. now, I look at my eldest all these years later, 6ft tall and doing great. Maybe formula isn't/wasn't ideal. But no-one should be vilified for bottle feeding their child.Lol at condescending pompous fool
You posted a damaging opinion that as soon as baby has a tooth and can hold a cup they should be weaned - and I challenged it.
I don’t get why you clicked a topic entitled “breast feeding” - if you’re sick of debating it?
I had this discussion with a health visitor, breastfeeding is very under reported. I know from personal experience I was never asked if I was still breastfeeding at the 2 year check, and in fact they ticked no each time without even checking. I was still breastfeeding past the age of 2. Breastfeeding older children carries a lot of stigma, fear of being reported to social services (which has happened to people) or just noone asking the questions. I was part of the la leche league for a few years and there were a lot of mums still breastfeeding at 4 or 5 years. It.would be good to get more accurate figures.
I think it can be done tastefully. There is an ex-slimming world instagrammer who always has her boobs out on insta (thefeebsfeed - she has a thread on here), just for the sake of it. And it’s tedious.
I always had "will you still be feeding them when she goes to school?". I've got a lovely photo of my middle feeding in her school uniform. My In laws were a bit twitchy about it all, no idea why because I weren't asking them to breastfeed my kids, but my Polish grandfather in law loved I was still feeding them because it made them "strong as bull"
. My health visitor was desperate to tell me how damaging it was that my child was still cosleeping at 4 (I pointed out that me and their dad were in our 30s and still coslept ). My kids are confident, social happy kids so I happily gave her the middle finger.
Ok Thankyou. I can only comment on my own experiences. I can't prove or disprove any of the above. I can only say, my children have all had to have formula. As explained, I had no milk with all 4 pregnancies. So far my eldest is heading to 6th form and my others are doing well. My youngest has autism..But that isn't connected. I'm thankful for each of them. My nan breastfed 7.They're all so different, intelligence and healthwise. Lots of factors contribute to our health and maybe some of it is fate?Id rather not use the term adverse affects , don't want to be accused of vilifying! Rather - - benefits of breastfeeding. There are many but the most published research shows breastfed babies/adults have higher IQ, are at lower risk of many physical diseases and improved mental health. Mums health risks are also lowered with regards to many cancers and other diseases.
Google will give you all you want to find.
So glad to know you don’t have a problem with breastfeeding in public. So long as you don’t see any boobs, right?
top logic
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