I used both breast and bottle!

Good on you Rosie and Triple Mommy. Its the best stuff on the planet...the milk of human kindness and the elixir of life. I too fed our little one only mom's milk and from a bottle when necessary, but it was always held with love and care and never propped...well maybe once or twice....What it has done for our daughter is just as nature intended....she is now 13 and has a great self esteem, is loving caring and sharing...not perfect but has turned into a child both of us are proud of. I thought it was about our great job as nurturers...but alas...not true...well partially....when you look at the research and empirical evidence you find that is the good thing that happens when we do the right thing according to nature.
She spent no time in a doctors office, has never had ear aches to mention, has never had the ear draining grommets that 1 in 4 NA kids have and doesn't need or wear braces....much to her chagrin...because "everybody has these neat new colours"...menarche appeared at the appropriate time not advanced like so many in NA....she graduates tomorrow (from Grade 8) with an 85% average..... I could go on but I know it is getting boring.....BUT that is what happens when when we don't fool with our role in the universe and try to outshine our creator with 'better feeding options'...which serve only t fuel the pharmaceutical industry and pave the way to the pharmacy...for the poor women who our culture set up as failures by intervening in their most vulnerable time and deem them as failures if not directly... then by inference: "failure to progress"...shots of piton to hurry things up....then offering a bottle when breast feeding is difficult because the body has not been primed by its own biochemistry, staunched by drugs and mechanics of a hospital with money motivation not mother and baby motivation.
Looking at the stats about reasons for bottle feeding (disguised formula feeding) is half had problems latching....that is again a consequence of our medical model of birth in NA and the West....the biochemistry that naturally flows to trigger the mother-baby dyad's circle of sufficiency is interrupted by our foisted interventions that obfuscate the flow of nature....while looking into this I discovered much to my surprise that a newly born baby if given the chance (and they are in many cultures other than our own) will make it on its own from the birth canal (umbilical cord still attached) and up to the teat....latch on completely on its own and start to suckle!!!! BUT NOT HERE....we haven't got time for hospitals to wait around for nature to take its course....the cash register is idle during that time!

Gotta go...sorry for the diatribe....can't stop sometimes.

Best wishes to all... and kudos to those who persevere in our profit over prudence paradigm, who offer the milk of human kindness....the elixir of life....served fresh on demand from picture perfect pitchers.

Veri

Wow, How naive I am! I had no idea that the formula companies had lobbyists that work towards trying to stop legistlation that would support breastfeeding moms and babies! But I guess that doesn't surprise me! And publishing that half of babies can't latch on.... I would like to see how they conduct their research!!! With support, and often without any support, the great majority of babies latch on despite all the baby has been through in such technological births or not. I have witnessed several births of friends and I have not yet seen a latch on problem for those who want to breastfeed. My daughter breastfed right after birth and then, she was placed in the NICU "for observation" and "precautionary antibiotics" for one week, which I now have come to understand, was unnecessary. Probably did more harm that anything good. During that entire week, I pumped every four hours, after trying, but unsuccessfully, to breastfeed her - later realizing that she was highly unmotived to suck due to all of the interventions they did with her. She sucked / breastfed for about 30 seconds twice during that entire week. And I received little support for my efforts. Once we left the hospital, she began to breastfeed again, although it was really difficult for about 7 weeks. I would cry sometimes with frustruation and my husband would tell me that I was not a failure if I went to formula feeding. I refused to give up.... It would have been a huge loss for both her and I. We actually went on to breast for over 3 years. Once we started working well together, it was no problem. I am so grateful that I did not give up! But definately, technology can mess with this very natural process. Double kudos for all of you who have worked so hard and advocated for yourself to be able to continue to breastfeed while you continue to work or in such difficult situations. I worked full time until my child was 2 years old, when I quit b.c. my mother was unable to continue caring for her while I worked and I couldn't bring myself to put her in a daycare. And I really didn't want to miss such precious time with her any longer. It was a blessing in disguise actually. However, for her first full year, I pumped twice a day at round about the same time my mom was feeding my daughter a bottle of my breastmilk pumped from the previous day. It was not easy as I was traveling locally during my work day. At times I pumped in my car and.... once in my office, a janitor walked in while I was actually pumping. These will be great stories to tell my daughter when she is older! My heart goes out to all those moms that want to continue to breastfeed but their jobs or employers make it impossible, lack support, etc.... It is a loss. I have talked with several people who look back and feel regretful for not breastfeeding.... they feel a sense of loss....especially when they have the opportunity later to be close to a mother baby dyad who is enjoying a breastfeeding relationship. This is sad b.c. I think if these women were supported and if breastfeeding was the norm in our country ( as it is in most of the rest of the world), and we saw more women breastfeeding out in public places as if it were normal ( it actually is), they would have been less likely to miss out on such an amazing experience and closeness. And of course we may not have the health problems like allergies and asthma, that we have today in the US. Pam

as ive seen a lot of my workmates atthe company their using both thins..When they were at home thy used to breaastfeed their babies..When its time to gotomwork they support it with bottlefeeding.

Both will do.I saw a lot of my friends working full time outside home so they just breastfeed their babies for about two months then transfer to bottle feeding when they need to go back to work.

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