Should breast and bottle feeding be split into two topic titles?

[mears]

Will that stop bottle feeders being offended by breastfeeders?

I can see there being problems with the technicalities bewilderbeast. It just seems to me that this is one topic where calm, reasonable discussion just can't take place for whatever reason. It is a very emotive and personal subject and it is sad that it seems to be impossible to have a discussion about it without an argument starting.

So thats how you got him to sleep QoG

shhhh - don't tell DH - he thinks I'm getting the evening routine sorted quite well now

I started this thread yesterday because I was getting peed off with the never ending 'them and us' debate going on.

I think sometimes I have been on mumsnet too long and yesterday was an example of that. The accusation about breastfeeders assuming superiority goes round and round.

I refuse to get sucked in again...till next time

I understand your frustration mears.

Perhaps though, given that we are constantly accused of being superior, we should resign ourselves to the fact that it is probably true....?

if offensive breastfeeders pop up twice a year then thats pretty negligible given the amount of times they are referred to on this website. isn't it?

I think bottle and breastfeeding topics should be seperate because if you want to find tips on either, you have to skip a dozen irrelevent threads everytime you log on which is annoying.

As for those of you who mix feed, nothing to complain about you'll be fortunate to be able to relate to BOTH sections.

Hunkermunker, can I CAT you please ? I want to talk to you about something, but not in public.

Oblomov, email me - it'll be quicker - hunkermunker at gmail dot com

I'm going out for the day, so don't be offended if you don't get a reply till tonight

mears, I am in a similar position to you...have had a break and don't feel quite so pressured about the recurrrent implications that people who care about infant feeding are arrogant/judgemental/crazy whatever.

No, splitting the topics won't help. There is no big black line between ff and bf, and there is a lot of crossover.

Keeping the thread as it is allows for this.

To be honest I know it couldn't possibly be split - just wanted to vent really

"if offensive breastfeeders pop up twice a year then thats pretty negligible given the amount of times they are referred to on this website. isn't it? "

I think the problem is that the offensive ones seem to "stick in the mind" more than the non-offensive ones.

Not sure what this thread was supposed to achieve, but I'll take it at face value and say I don't think ff and bf forums should be split. I personally wouldn't mind, but I doubt it would help the people who end up using formula because of having struggled with breastfeeding.