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

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girlwithasecretsmile · 26/09/2017 20:42

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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DrKrogersfavouritepatient · 30/09/2017 07:11

It's not about attacking each other. It's just that trying to make out that formula is better than human breast milk is stupid. I don't care if you breastfeed or not but I do care if you claim that formula is the same or better because it's so obviously not.
I emphatically agree with this

lollipop7 · 30/09/2017 07:22

@nodogsallowedta good lord.

Even the scientists and nutritionists that formulate, well formula, don't try and pass the powder off as something it isn't. It's writ large on their tubs.

It's like me saying "It's my opinion that Donald Trump doesn't wear hairspray" Even Trump would disagree with me. He'd set me straight. Of course we're all allowed opinions but there are opinions and then there's straying into denial territory.

NoMoreNotToday · 30/09/2017 07:30

Breastmilk doesn't depend on mums diet.

Bf releases oxytocin in mum and baby.

Vitimin d is mostly from sun exposure. The average white mum and baby will get enough from sun and diet and as its fat soluable and breastmilk is mostly made from fat they do fine. In the uk anyone woth darker skin would need to supplement but if mum supplements that will cover what baby needs.

Vitimin d in breastmilk os much easier to absorb than in formula. Look at the research into iron- from breastmilk 96% is absorbed where as only 3% from formula is.

I'm another who doesn't care how mums feed, i mix fed myself, but human milk and formula are different substances.

DrKrogersfavouritepatient · 30/09/2017 07:33

YY
Vitamin is recommended as a supplement in the UK because measures taken to protect our skin from sun exposure, although essential, reduce our Vit D production.

Headofthehive55 · 30/09/2017 07:53

I was advised to give vitamins to my ff (medical feed) baby but told it wasn't necessary with breastfeeding as my levels are fine.

Why do you think formula is better nodogs?
Have you evidence for that?

wingerkite · 30/09/2017 07:53

*Breast milk depends on the diet of mother
Breast milk can transfer cortisol to baby if mother is stressed
Baby has to take vitamin d supplements with breast milk
No difference in outcome if bf or ff

In my opinion, formula IS better*

Wow what a massive pile of bollocks you've managed to post there

Headofthehive55 · 30/09/2017 08:01

I found breastfeeding a fabulous diet!
Helped return back to pre pregnancy weight.

JassyRadlett · 30/09/2017 08:15

^I found breastfeeding a fabulous diet!
Helped return back to pre pregnancy weight.

I was so hoping that would happen for me! I was one of those whose bodies held onto weight for as long as I was feeding.

nodogsallowedta · 30/09/2017 08:16

bollocks?

Unicef recommend bf babies be given vit d

Breastfed babies also have an average 40 percent more cortisol in their system than their formula-fed peers

‘A daily cup or two of coffee is fine, but too much caffeine can interfere with your baby's sleep or make him fussy. Remember that caffeine is also found in some sodas, teas, and over-the-counter medicines.’
‘It's also okay to have an occasional alcoholic drink, but having more than one drink increases your blood alcohol level to the point that the alcohol gets into your milk’

nodogsallowedta · 30/09/2017 08:22

I’m stopping now. Bf is great, ff is great. There are good and bad things about both. You aren’t better if you do one or the other.

Headofthehive55 · 30/09/2017 08:33

I don't drink alcohol anyway!
Name me one benefit for ff?
There just wasn't any.

I go camping, lots of weekends away off plan - just wouldn't fit in!

Headofthehive55 · 30/09/2017 08:46

jassy
I did feed for a long time - years.

user124578753 · 30/09/2017 08:55

lol as a nursery nurse I can safely say the snotty whiney kids who cry all the time and wet themselves the most all end up being the breastfed ones GrinGrinGrin

BlurryFace · 30/09/2017 08:56

I found formula a godsend. I had PND with DS1 and being the only one who could feed him and the resulting sleep deprivation made me seriously resentful. Switching to formula helped me get a bit of distance and made me more able to bond with him. I think it was the best choice for me.

I FFed DS2 as well as DS1 was only a toddler when he was born and needed a lot of attention, I didn't feel I could try to establish BF with so much on my plate as I am not one of those lucky mums who takes to it like a duck to water.

A midwife was visiting and I told her I wanted to switch to formula. She waited until DH left the room and asked if he was pressuring me to do so. I said no, he was happy either way. So she told me she would be REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN ME if I FF like she was my fucking mum or something. She could recognise it was wrong for my DH to pressure me into FF, but was happy to pressure me into BF.

So yeah, I totally get mums like that blogger feel the need to rant and complain about BFing evangelicals and justify their choices.

JassyRadlett · 30/09/2017 08:57

I did 18 / 20 months. With DS1, I dropped a dress size 2 weeks after stopping. DS2 - I'm older, but the weight is easier to shift.

wingerkite · 30/09/2017 09:00

ol as a nursery nurse I can safely say the snotty whiney kids who cry all the time and wet themselves the most all end up being the breastfed ones 

Oh hahaha and yeah the hostility always comes from the pro-bf side right??

Disgusting.

JassyRadlett · 30/09/2017 09:04

lol as a nursery nurse I can safely say the snotty whiney kids who cry all the time and wet themselves the most all end up being the breastfed ones

Aren't you a delight.

How do you know which were breastfed and which not, by the time they are toilet training? Or are you perhaps just a GF?

DrKrogersfavouritepatient · 30/09/2017 09:06

lol as a nursery nurse I can safely say the snotty whiney kids who cry all the time and wet themselves the most all end up being the breastfed ones 
I find it disturbing that someone trusted to take care of small children speaks about them in such an ugly and hostile manner

user124578753 · 30/09/2017 09:06

trust me the mums were quick to let us know that and some would give us bottles of breast milk to give to them even when the kids were 2 or 3. Sorry but if a kid can WALK up to you and ASK for a suck on your tits it’s time to stop.

KalaLaka · 30/09/2017 09:06

Are you sure you're a nursery nurse? That's your career choice? You don't sound like you like children much... what a horrible attitude.

The nursery staff at my DT's nursery thought I was mad to be bf past 2 years. I expected it, though, I'd had negative comments from so many people already.

user124578753 · 30/09/2017 09:08

I love the kids, I love my job. I’m just saying that the kids who was breast fed were clingy more and cried more and always seemed the most needy

KalaLaka · 30/09/2017 09:09

Ahhh I've heard it all before Smile 'when they can lift your top.. help themselves..' etc. I had done shed loads of research into it and found that they were wrong.

tiktok · 30/09/2017 09:10

So, nursery nurse poster....are you making a link between snotty noses, whining, and breastfeeding?

Really?

Are you claiming correlation, or causation?

Or are you just being silly?

Do tell Smile and massive eye roll.

DrKrogersfavouritepatient · 30/09/2017 09:11

Hiding this thread now, well done User

HelloSquirrels · 30/09/2017 09:20

I go camping, lots of weekends away off plan - just wouldn't fit in

Why? What are you imagining is so difficult about formula feeding?!