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pnwmom

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11. And the women who made comments to her are allowed to make them after the treatment

Reply to REP (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 12:19 AM

Aug 2012

nursing mothers have received ever since the formula manufacturers started pushing their "scientific" feeding program and people began to shame women who wanted to nurse in public.

It isn't the nursing mothers who started this argument -- it was the formula manufacturers and their marketers, who worked to convince mothers that if they couldn't measure how many ounces their babies were receiving, they could be malnourishing them; and if the babies wanted to nurse more than every 3 or 4 hours, then the mother wasn't producing enough. If some mothers got defensive, who could blame them?

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"Sorry — You Can’t Guilt Trip Me About Bottle Feeding My Kids" (Jezebel) [View all] REP Aug 2012 OP

good for her. i breastfed 2 of 3 kids... ejpoeta Aug 2012 #1

So you were feeling pressure not to breastfeed, because breastfeeding would make you be pnwmom Aug 2012 #3

i think it was more me. When I had my middle child I would go ejpoeta Aug 2012 #4

I think that's why some women become champions of breastfeeding. pnwmom Aug 2012 #7

Why should you be surprised at the "venom" in the comments, when she started it all pnwmom Aug 2012 #2

She does have a point Warpy Aug 2012 #5

She might, but she framed it in an insulting manner. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #6

I'm sure the provocation was extreme Warpy Aug 2012 #8

In this thread there's another woman who felt like she was the "odd one out" pnwmom Aug 2012 #9

She's allowed to own those feelings after the treatment she received REP Aug 2012 #10

And the women who made comments to her are allowed to make them after the treatment pnwmom Aug 2012 #11

Okay then. I think they're batshit for going all out on her. I mean, who gives a flying fuck? REP Aug 2012 #12

As I said, my sister bottle-fed and I breastfed, and neither of us insulted the other one pnwmom Aug 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Aug 2012 #14

Good to hear you didn't get static! REP Aug 2012 #15

In late 80's/early 90's, I chose to breastfeed all three of my daughters kdmorris Aug 2012 #16

What you said! REP Aug 2012 #17

She sounds like an asshole. LeftyMom Aug 2012 #18

Yeah, I used to hear that about my mother REP Aug 2012 #19