my local co-op has sma on a christmas special offer. is this legal?

[eragon]

and why did they pick it to be a christmas special?

huge pile of tins, with a christmas special offer on them.

just felt a bit weird to me.

Oh, and not to mention the fact that they add the pressure of "is your child sleeping through" by including endless amounts of unneeded baby rice etc in the milk to fill a child up for longer, and advertising this fact everywhere.

Again, this is not only undermining breastfeeding, but puts additional pressures on the mother, and, to be frank, is quite a selfish thing to do as a parent - if you're not prepared for sleepless nights, you shouldn't have a baby.

Sir BoobAlot, that last statement was only meant to upset and anger people and tbh that is exactly what people mean to when they refer to breastfeeding nazis. Unfair and unhelpful. No-one can underestimate or predict the horror of endless broken nights of sleep whether formula or breastfeeding.

Not aimed to upset or anger at all, simply my opinion. I feel that way about anyone who complains their child isn't sleeping through, however old they are. I know the horror of endless broken nights, I know the tearing your hair out and wanting to scream when you're dealing with colic, I know the thinking there must be something you're doing wrong to make all that be happening... And the pressure from the "follow on milk" does not help make people realise it is normal, and to be expected. Its tough going, but you have to man up and take it, regardless of how you're feeding.

sirboob For some people formula is the only / best option. I couldn't bf due to baby being born prematurely. It's pretty judgemental to to be shocked at apparently 'intelligent people' looking at a display of formula!
And my DS is 14months and still not bloody sleeping though. Grrr

that's not what sirboob is saying, is she? i thought she was talking about follow-on milk, not baby formula?

I agree wit hSirBoob's sleepless nights comment.

actually, I agree with everything she's said.

don't flame her for having an opinion.

I don't think it was the fact that she has opinions which I was commenting on (in fact I am wholeheartedly behind opinions. Love em, can't get enough of 'em) but just the fact that it seemed like a comment intended to hurt and upset other people. And by other people I mean other parents who are struggling every day to do the best they can, not child traffickers or violent dictators, for goodness sake. As the buddha might say, we are all doing the best that we can...

Lemontop I'm talking about follow-on and toddler milk, not all formula. I've said before that I am glad safe alternatives are available for those who choose not to, or cannot, breastfeed.

Follow-on milk is your best option though if your baby is over 6 months and it is cheaper than first milk?

SirBoobAlot - so, its nieve to use follow on (smae stuff with maybe a tad more iron but cheaper, so no brainer in my nieve opinion) and parents who waht thier babies to sleep trhough are selfish?

I did NOT use formula to get him to sleep through, though I most certainly encouraged him, and wanted him, to sleep. As someone else has said, nothing and noone can prepare you for the sleepless nights, and just because you dealt with them in one way it does no mean everyone else can or should.

I completely agree that follow-on milk is more or less the same as stage 1 milk and there is no nutritional benefit. But if it's cheaper and it's exactly the same then surely parents are more stupid if they don't switch to it.

Unless you are talking to everyone who so much as glances at that display of follow-on milk then you have no way of knowing which of the reasons they are using for the purchase. It is therefore a bit of a sweeping statement to label them all stupid.

Sleepless nights are often linked to PND and I think it's wrong to condem mothers if they can't cope with them .We all think we know what to expect when we have a baby but the reality is entirely different.

It is a real shame because your posts are usually so reasonable and well balanced.