To think breast fed babies are more intellegent

[thecatamongthepidgeons]

Because their parents tend to be more intellegent not because they were breast fed?
More intellegent parents are more likely to choose to breast feed regardless of any dificulties they face if they think it will benefit their children.

boosmummie !!!

No,op I think the intelligence thing is a load of codswallop.I bf both of mine,dd for longer in fact.

ds is reasonably intelligent,dd has severe learning difficulties

Don't get me wrong,I wholeheartedly endorse BF but I think that it could be very upsetting for posters who have not been able to bf to read the thread title.

I think there are many factors that influence intelligence and many differing kinds of intelligence

(I was FF as a baby cos was very prem and have a postgrad qually FWIW,am no genius tho,lol!!)

Well we did do a bit of FF physteach so we must say that. Surely.

I was looking for a nice name for my next child. I think I will call it BIB to remind me that Boobyisbest :)

TSC when has that happened????

So you are telling me that all those studies are actually bollocks, and that all those babies that apparently suffered various illnesses (and in some countries died) because they were not breastfed (and in lots of those cases they could have been) didn't really. that it is made up. that it is not something that should be taken seriously. that you are a breastfeeding nazi if you give a shit enough to get angry about it. yeah. right.

Agree TSC, I don't generally engage with these people.

I b/f my first DD but only got to 4 months with my second and I HAVE A VERY GOOD MEDICAL REASON FOR THIS WHICH I HAVE NEVER DISCLOSED TO ANYONE IN RL OR ON HERE BECAUSE IT IS NO ONE ELSE'S DAMN BUSINESS.

So if people demanded to know "are you breastfeeding?" I would just say NO.

Couldn't give a monkeys what anyone else thinks about why I wasn't bfing her.

indeed!

hear hear thepoweroflunch

sigh...why do I get sucked into these threads????....bangs head against laptop.....

...appears to have slightly broken said laptop

am off now....going to watch "mrs browns boys" and laugh at some puerile humour....

well yes that sounds a bit abnormal
the 'zealous' thing comes out whenever people defend breastfeeding as something more than inconsequential, for the umpteenth time
my 'gang' what on earth are you talking about??

Hear Hear TSC

Again.

TSC for PM!!!

Hip hip Hooray...

really am off now....laptop a bit buggered...that'll teach me.........

Exactly TSC

Was feeling guilty about not bfing ds1....but then I thought....hang on, when he is 18 no one will give a rubbery fuck whether he was bf or ff, or when he learnt to crawl, or walk, or what age he was potty trained by....it was a bit of an ephipany for me, actually, and made me a much more happy parent.

right...really am off now.

See this has become the usual bitch-fest then. Ho hum. But at least it sorts the wheat from the chaff and helps with the old spreadsheet.

I can spell the words 'intelligent' and 'difficulties' and have a pretty high IQ and a very well-paid job. This despite the handicap of having been formula fed.

I shall print this thread off - purely for ammunition with which to castigate my poor mother.

"I can spell the words 'intelligent' and 'difficulties' and have a pretty high IQ and a very well-paid job. This despite the handicap of having been formula fed"

But clearly not bright enough (like so many other posters here) to have taken on board the information that bf isn't won't make a child bright - only a bit brightER, and that it isn't possible to identify this effect in individuals, only through research which involves large numbers.

"it's food, not the most important part of parenting at all-by some distance".

Actually feeding a baby - whether by bottle or by breast is far more than just about 'food' in the role it plays in how parents and babies communicate and get to know each other. The ability to comfort your baby when they're unwell/get them off to sleep/stop them crying/reconnect with them after being away is one of the huge benefits of breastfeeding that nobody talks about - it's a tool for parenting that many mothers and babies get a lot out of emotionally.

BTW - has anyone here said or implied it's 'the most important part of parenting'?

I can see the sceptical faces but am unfortunately not bright enough to decode what they mean

My post was intended to take the piss out of the OP, in case that wasn't obvious. Which it clearly wasn't, to you. Were you FF, by any chance?

FF, BF, it makes sod all difference, really

'don't you think it's just deranged the way these women want to force their life choices about their children on other people who genuinely,couldn't give less of a fuck...'

Tis why I raise my glass to you TSC (of juice, natch)