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Of course "bottle-fed with breast-milk" is equivalent to breast-fed. I think people are judgmental when a mother chooses to not breastfeed for no "good" reason
by dgrant 16y ago
Of course "bottle-fed with breast-milk" is equivalent to breast-fed.
I think people are judgmental when a mother chooses to not breastfeed for no "good" reason, or no reason at all. Reasonable people would be fine with someone not breastfeeding if they absolutely couldn't or it was extremely difficult.
My wife breastfed and it was quite difficult at the beginning and then got easier and easier. She wanted to quit a few times, but pressed on. It's hard for her (and most people in the same situation) not to get judgmental when she hears of some mom having a rough day in the first week of the baby's life and throwing in the towel and switching to formula.
- cromulent 16y ago> Of course "bottle-fed with breast-milk" is equivalent to breast-fed. I thought that too, but I was told off by a passing lactation consultant.
- run4yourlives 16y agoThere are some studies that point to many benefits of the act of breastfeeding itself, but I think from a health/scientific perspective I think it's stretching things to suggest that putting your milk in a bottle and then into your baby's mouth somehow reduces the benefits. Obtuse bitches that happen to be employed as lactation consultants notwithstanding.
- dgrant 16y agoThe studies I have heard of talk of the benefits of skin-to-skin contact while feeding, which can easily be done with a bottle too. I'm not aware of any studies that point to any benefit of nipple vs. artificial nipple.
- run4yourlives 16y agoThere is the issue of failing to go back to the breast once established on bottle, but like I said, not overly important in the larger picture.