We automatically have to "feel guilty"? I feel happy about my strong healthy baby. What about you? Please kill that noise. The only thing I am upset about is how you boob nazis are always up in everyone elses mix trying to run our lives and make us feel bad because we made different choices for our families than you did. Boo hoo. Get over it. You are no better than me, or the next formula user, and your kid has just a much a chance of ending up on skid row as anyone elses who feeds Enfamil or NAN or whatever. KMA and go to hell.
2006-07-20 18:50:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Peral> My baby is SLEEP...a concept you may have no idea of with a whiny breastfeeding kid who wakes every 20 minutes to drain the life out of your breasts. She sleeps all night too. LOL. Kisss my @ss
2006-07-20 19:04:57 · update #1
I completely understand where you are coming from! I have 3 kids and have formula fed all 3. Not because I didn't want to breastfeed, but because I couldn't. I would not produce enough milk. So by the third child, I was not even willing to try. I went straight for formula. My 2 oldest children are 13 and 7 1/2 and have both been on Principal's List (straight A's) all through school. My 8 month old FORMULA fed baby is very healthy and has never had a problem. When people ask me if I breast fed and I say NO, they look at me like I have 5 boobs and ask WHY??? I cant ever imagine walking up to some random person asking if they breast fed! It's a personal choice that every parent has the right to make. Might as well ask a women if she uses pads or tampons! I don't care what statistics you show me because I've seen first hand...a child is smarter because the parents are involved with the child from birth and are concerned about their child's education. As far as being healthy, some children have stronger immune systems than others, regardless of how they are fed or how careful their parents are not to spread germs. I have 3 very healthy children, and they have been that way since birth. Being breastfed or not has nothing to do with it.
2006-07-20 20:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't be upset.. We all have to do what works for us, and I don't think there are many people that would pass judgement on you for your decision to formula feed... There's nothing wrong with that.. what matters is that you feed your baby one way or the other... Although breastfeeding has some benefits, not everybody can do it, and formula fed babies do just fine. My first baby was mostly formula fed, and today she is a very healthy, soccer playing, in gifted and talented, straight A student nine year old.
My youngest is 5 1/2 months, and I tried really hard to exclusively breastfeed her for the first couple of months, but it is hard when you have other kids and you are busy, busy, busy all the time... It's hard to find the time to relax enough to do it right and to makes sure that you eat right and drink enough water when you are trying to take care of other children..(or when you have a job)..So now I do about half and half.... Better to have a satisfied baby and a happy Mom than a fussy baby and a stressed out mom who can't relax enough to get her milk to come down..
Bottom line.... Just feed your baby the best you can and don't worry about what others think.... She'll be fine!!
P.S. Breastfed babies can sleep through the night pretty good too, though... My 5 1/2 month old did it very early when I was still breastfeeding exclusively.
2006-07-20 19:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by Cat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FYI - my 3 month old breastfed baby sleeps through the night too aside for one feeding around 4am. She does not whine every 20 mintues either - she is very happy and content to suckle my breast for 10-15 minutes every 2-3 hours and she does it with a smile on her face. Often smiling up at me with her big blue eyes while I feed her in the exact way God designed. She is not underweight or overweight, she has never been sick, not even had a sniffle, and she is perfect in everyway. Your post was unwarranted and very ugly in my opinion - I dont know what boob nazi's are but I would rather cross their path than yours from what I have just read here!
2006-07-22 10:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by faithiegurl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 01:00:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about what other say or think. To breastfeed or use formula is a personal decision. Neither decision is bad, just different. There are pros and cons to each way. If people are giving you a hard time they need to grow up and stop trying to control other people. We are all allowed to make our own decisions. Just as long as the baby gets fed, that's what matters in the long run of things.
2006-07-22 11:09:42 · answer #5 · answered by Meg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was giving birth to my second child, the nurse was giving me the lecture on breastfeeding. She was telling me how great it was and blah, blah, blah. Then, fifteen minutes later she was talking to me about how her daughter is allergic to milk, wheat, this that and every other thing. I said to her, "Just out of curiosity, was she breast fed?" She said, yes she was. I replied, then I don't see any problem with formula for my baby. Funny, she didn't push the issue after that.
It's a personal preference, it's not a law that you have to breastfeed. My daughters are healthy, smart little girls with NO allergies. Funny, huh?!?
2006-07-20 19:19:50 · answer #6 · answered by Lissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you so hateful? No one is trying to stop you from using formula. It is a proven fact that breast fed babies are healthier and you are showing your ignorance in this matter but some women can't. For some babies the breast milk is to rich and that is why I could not. No one cares how you feed your baby as long as you feed it so chill out already!
2006-07-20 20:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by # one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
~~I agree with you that breast feeding don't make a person any better of a mother than the mother that chooses formula for her child. there are some women who for medical reasons are not able to breast feed... they should be more down on the mothers that sell their food stamps and wic coupons so that they can have money for drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes.... attack them instead.... btw... do you really think that "Jesus Christ" is going to answer a hatefull question like this???~~
2006-07-20 19:04:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you sure need ta chill. only person seems to be judging you is yourself. when you let others anger you, you give up some of your personal power. you allow them to control your feelings. which in turn angers you even more because you feel people are trying to control you! i haven't seen one person here yet say they were better than bottle feeders! its all about personal choice.
skid row??? most images of failure appear with that word... you are not a failure for making your own choices. making your own choices is a sign of strength!
2006-07-20 18:57:52 · answer #9 · answered by SHE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow. While breastfeeding is better, formula isn't so horrible! People should just let mother decide for themself.
2006-07-20 19:42:45 · answer #10 · answered by optimistic_dr3am3r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋