Controversy over "creepy" comment

Have you been keeping abreast (!) of the controversy sweeping across Britain right now over the comments made by a deputy editor of a parenting magazine regarfing breastfeeding?  It's priceless!  Kathryn Blundell wrote in June's issue of Mother & Baby that she fed her baby formula right from the start because she wanted her body back, because she wanted some wine, and because she found idea of a little baby sucking on what previously had only been touched by a lover, "a little creepy."

You can imagine the uproar!  Lactivists have come out of the woodwork in droves chastising her and calling for her to apologize.  But apologizing she isn't.  The magazine says they've been inundated with letters applauding her article because it makes people feel "normal" and not a 'failure" for deciding not to breastfeed.

I think this gets to the heart of the issue.  Everyone agrees that breastfeeding is best for a baby--and Blundell even says it in the article.  But there are many reasons--and all of them are legitimate--for not breastfeeding.  The point is, it's not for anyone to judge.  Every woman makes the very personal decision based on what's right for her and her family.  What's right for one, is different for another. 

Blundell's point is that no one should feel alienated or guilty for deciding that breastfeeding isn't for them.  And she's right. It's important that everyone should feel normal no matter what their feeding choice.  Just because you feed your baby formula does not qualify you as a "failure"

Blundell's article was very tongue in cheek and perhaps it rubbed people the wrong way but the message is fine.  You may not agree with her but her honesty is refreshing.