aibu to love this blog post about why formula feeding is brilliant?!

[girlwithasecretsmile]

I think it's great to have a post talking about good things about formula for once but part of me feels bad for laughing so much.

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Agree with a PP - big ole chip on her shoulder and feeling the need to be smug about her choice.

Why the fuck can't women just feed their babies how they look and stop having a go at each other.

The suggestion that I flash my breasts in public or that my milk is inadequate and needs supplements frickin annoying.

I think bf if you can is fab. I had a rocky start with dd1 but got there however dd2 was bf for 2 weeks only and then I had to express. I gave up at 3 months as it was enough.

However I just don't get extended bf. A friend fed both hers to 3 and I seriously thought wtaf.

But it's each to their own of course

I agree with her. I found the pressure to bf overwhelming. Everything being down to me. When I started mixed feeding at about 4 weeks I felt so much better. Dh could share some of that responsibility and I felt more me.

Everyone saying nobody thinks it's poison? Really? Read some other threads on here!

Fwiw I tried to breastfeed but ds couldn't get the hang of it and I got scared he'd starve but looking back I made the nest decision switching to formula. No guilt what so ever.

Greater risk of cot death and death err how?

Unless you're saying non dummy users are at greater risk of cot death and death too.

It's rude. Imagine the outrage if someone made an article like this dissing FF?
I think it's definitely good to celebrate how amazing formula is but I think everyone already knows this.
In honesty I think we've gone too far the other way and when I BF my 11 month old I get comments asking when I'm going to stop and don't I think it's odd? It'd be nice to see some bf myths busted. Maybe everyone could just stop judging everyone else for making the best decision for them and their child? It's not hard.

perfectly why do you need to ‘get’ extended BF? No-one asked you to. And it’s ‘natural term breastfeeding’ not ‘extended’. Milk teeth are for children who still take their mother’s milk, until aged 7ish.

DS1 fed until 3, DS2 still going at 16 months. I’m absolutely fine with it.

I really don't get this FF vs BF don't most people do a bit of both ( if they can). I BF both of mine but they had formula from a couple of weeks for dd and 4 months for ds. They had breast milk until they were 7 or 8 months too. It's not one or the other.

Babies who are formula fed are at greater risk of cot death and death in general. That's just fact

No I think that breastfeeding reduces the risk of cot death, which is not the same as saying ff increases the risk. It doesnt.

And death in general? So are ff babies more at risk of being run over by a bus then or being struck by lightening or being killed in a freak accident?

I find so much about the current “trend” (for want of a better word) for “sisterhood” and supporting other “mamas” comes with a real barb in the tail.

You’re not allowed to say you kept breastfeeding because it was fairly easy for you and fitted in to your life because that’s not supporting other mamas. You’re not allowed to enjoy spending time with your children because you’re meant to be counting down to 6pm when you can open a bottle of “mummy’s special drink”. You’re not allowed to be positive about any part of motherhood because it’s seen as being smug.

I breastfed my daughter for 3.5y. We had a few blips at the start and then it was good, and to me, seemed so much easier than bottle feeding. I got frequent comments about how I shouldn’t breastfeed, about how I should get her on formula to the point where I felt breastfeeding her was something I needed to hide almost. But if I dared say anything positive about breastfeeding it was taken as an attack on formula feeding.

My choices don’t mean yours are inferior and vice versus.

The suggestion that I flash my breasts in public or that my milk is inadequate and needs supplements frickin annoying.

This. It's damaging and rude. I have a friend who wanted to BF but ended up stopping because she was scared of feeding in public due, in part, to comments like this. Surely that's just as bad as someone being judged for ff?!

Oh I am so SICK of reading these efforts.

'How do I keep this thing alive again?!' ooh you are so KER-AY-ZEE and ditsy but clever and smart yet sooo down to earth and with a witty turn of phrase- not.

They are all the same. A carefully crafted mix of hedonistic fresher meets wry best friend. FUCK OFF IT'S FAKE AND BORING AND NOT WELL WRITTEN AT ALL.

The topic- she sounds guilty. And misinformed.

The only nice thing about it was that all the ranting about how horrid sitting down feeding your baby is made me all nostalgic, cos I loved it

Why is she misinformed?

Oh god, who cares?! Do what you want. Most people actually don't have an opinion and couldn't care less how other people feed their baby.

And the numbers of cot deaths are miniscule anyway.

Babies with smoking co sleeping parents are at a big risk out of those miniscule numbers.

Using dummies cuts the risk.

As a dummy using,non smoking or cosleeping ff parent I'd say my dc weren't at greater risk of anything.

It's great. Was only a matter of time before the 'but fed isnt best here are the statistics shes passive aggressive because she didnt bf' brigade came out. Or the 'well fed is best BUT blah blah here are my bf stats' followed.
I've never ever ever read a post anywhere on here when someone said they were happy or proud with ff when someone didnt come along and argue or post facts or disagree. 'I agree but also....'
So yanbu

Seems to miss the point that when people say "Breast is best" they mean for the baby, seeing that her entire post is about how FF was so much better for her as a mother.

Yy to smoking ( and falling asleep on sofa with baby) are the biggest SIDS risk with sleeping on their front as well.

Formula feeding increases the risk.
The language used around breastfeeding is all to appease formula companies and is completely wrong. Breastfeeding is protective formula feeding adds risk. Instead of talking about the benefits of breastfeeding why don't we talk about the risks of formula feeding? Because people lose their shit and the formula companies are very very powerful which is why the public health message re breastfeeding is so weak and ineffective.

The evidence is there for all to see if they so wish.

Ff is better for the baby too is bf makes the mother miserable and in pain though though?

Her post is written on the back of her guilt. Hence the huge huge rant.

As a mother who choose to breastfeed her children I find it offensive.

I couldn't give a shit how people feed there kids, just as long as there fed, cared for and loved.

I think breastfeeding is best because it is, that's a fact. However I understand a lot/most struggle either with it or with the idea of it. I don't judge them, their baby and their (hopefully) informed choice.

How does ff add risk?

Who is she anyway?

I don't have much patience for mummy bloggers.

What a load of bollocks! Breast milk is like eating a salad?! Oh do fuck off. I bf my now 10 (nearly 11) month old and people always say 'oooh you just wean him off, it's not natural' fuck right off. Nothing to do with you. I have to be honest, I wasn't sold on BF before I had him and was a bit uncomfortable with it, but he decided he wanted breast and that's what he got. It wasn't easy but we got there and it is SO much easier than having to go downstairs and make up a bottle. I don't care how others feed theirs but she has issues. What a shitty blog.

Oh and I have some bloody lovely nursing bras! And I feel sexy in them!

Formula feeding does not increase risk of sids. Bf may decrease risk. Not the same thing.