I would like to see a cessation of all
faces from all the women who did not manage as long as they would have liked. You did your best, we all do our best, that's all that matters surely?
I would imagine the majority of women posting here who were born in the 60s and 70s were bottle fed because that was the orthodoxy then, it was believed and promoted to be the best way so women could be free from the shackles.
We're all ok, I'm ok, I guess the rest of you are. I loved breastfeeding my babies, but it's NOT the be all and end all.
They are not doomed in any way if you don't or can't.
Just another hook to make women feel bad I guess.
If that was followed to its logical conclusion, my breast milk was completely useless anyway because I was bottle fed, I never even got near a tit.
I also think BF is probably more important in developing countries because of lack of access to clean water, regular supplies of formula etc.
In the Western world, I really don't think it matters, not a jot, not an iota, really, it's nice, I enjoyed it, it was quite self-indulgent at times, and of course, it made me feel like A REALLY GOOD FUCKING MOTHER. I often think extended BF in the developed world is yet another (middle-class) stick to be wielded at the barbarians at the door.
You bottle wielding feckless shites.