Should breast and bottle feeding discussions be separate?

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Following on fron the Aptamil and allergies thread. Davros posted that bottle feeding was not included as a discussion title before - I hadn't actually noticed that. I thought there was a breast feeding one and a bottle feeding one. It has made me think though. Should they be separate to avoid any more arguements about 'breast feeding police' and guilt? Just a thought. Would it make a difference?

Aloha has grasped the point I was making in the original thread. You cannot assume that an informed choice is being made. The question was in relation to allergies. I was wanting to make sure that an informed choice was being made about introducing formula of any description in an exclusively breastfed baby. Aptamil is not like breastmilk in a bottle. The person posting did not seem to appreciate that point so that was why I gave that info. If, after being informed, the choice was made to introduce a bottle a day - that's fine. At least it is done with all the facts known. It gets a bit wearing to be accused of 'pressurising' women to breastfeed all the time. Time to have a wee rest now... kids home from school.

Sorry - brouser keeps sticking. Didn't want to be quite so emphatic. Let's see how many times this gets posted