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Infant feeding

SMAs just the same as breast milk, right??

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lisad123 · 07/08/2008 22:25

LOL something i heard today from an older lady to a new mummy!! She was saying she did try and BF baby but found she wasnt producing enough so was expressing to get her levels up but commented shes now FF. Lady said "oh well SMAs the sme as BM anyway" it took all my control not to go into a hissy fit
was also concerned as mum of LO said she has tried 3 different types of milk!

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Bumperlicious · 07/08/2008 22:26

Twinklemegan · 07/08/2008 22:28

Haven't we been here before? (like a million times?)

I was actually about to ask if you have a death wish, before reading your OP.

Pruners · 07/08/2008 22:29

Message withdrawn

differentID · 07/08/2008 22:29

Sadly most people don't think about what formula is made from.

differentID · 07/08/2008 22:29

lol pruners

ajm200 · 07/08/2008 22:31

That's what the manufacturers would have you believe. They made some silly claim about it being close to breast milk when my son was small.

He didn't think so though on the one occasion he was screaming with hunger between feeds and I'd popped out for an hour. DH was advised to give him a bottle and his tummy didn't take to it at all... he was ever so poorly.

I felt so guilty when I got back

SparklyGothKat · 07/08/2008 22:31

please tell me it wasn't the same lady I think it is Lisad??

lisad123 · 07/08/2008 22:32

not sure who you are thinking of but dont think so

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DKMA · 07/08/2008 22:33

Oh don't start all this again

NiceShoes · 07/08/2008 22:44

dont eves drop on conversations.mooooove on nothing to do with you apart what any mum chooses to do

lisad123 · 07/08/2008 22:45

I wasnt eve droppping we were talking together, she was telling me and the other lady, who was eve droppping butted in and said it.

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misdee · 07/08/2008 22:47

she isnt judging that the mum is FF, lisad123 first dd was FF anyway.

just the whole marketing on formula.

didnt SMA used to say 'closer to breastmilk' on the tin about 8years ago? does it still say it now?

SparklyGothKat · 07/08/2008 22:47

SMA is not the same as Breastmilk, why don't people see that.. Its a good way to feed your baby if you don't BF but its not the SAME!!!!!

lisad123 · 07/08/2008 22:49

Im not judging the mum, her choice, her baby, but was shocked that people still believe its the same!

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NiceShoes · 07/08/2008 22:50

not judging?so why did you have a near hissy fit?price of bread?No you wanted to be preachey?

hf128219 · 07/08/2008 22:51

Perhaps older lady was trying to reassure new mummy?

Tangle · 07/08/2008 22:55

Taken from SMA's website...

"SMA Gold contains Alpha-protein?, a key protein in breast milk. The levels of Alpha-protein in SMA Gold bring it closer to the protein profile found in breast milk.

? alpha-lactalbumin"

"SMA Gold now has the closest whey protein profile to that of breast milk, making it the ideal choice for bottle fed babies, or to complement breast feeding."

Not that all terms are still relative, but the scale they are on is not defined....

ilovemydog · 07/08/2008 22:55

course it's the same!

mazzystar · 07/08/2008 22:56

the older lady was just trying to make the mum feel better.
i am sure she was not trying to proffer advice under the guise of being an expert
no hissy fit required, surely

lisad123 · 07/08/2008 22:57

i didnt have a hissy fit though did I?! I didnt comment anything to the mum at all, or the older lady either. If someone wants to FF, that their choice, and tbh I FF DD1 from 4 weeks and DD2 had to have FF for 3 weeks while i was in hospital.

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NiceShoes · 07/08/2008 22:57

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hf128219 · 07/08/2008 22:59

the End!

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misdee · 07/08/2008 23:03

what a ,lovely story!

ChirpyGirl · 07/08/2008 23:08

Next time ask them if they would drink SMA (usual answer 'of course'
Then ask if they would drink BM.
Tis very funny!

NiceShoes · 07/08/2008 23:16

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