why dont younger mums breas feed

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on the whole?
18 year ikd nighbour has just had a baby !) musch to her parents horror.. and isnt even trying to b feeed.
why is this?

The more i read bukas post, (i've read it a few times as i can't quite beleive that anyone could be that arrogant i keep thinking i've misread it!), the more i think it's someone actually trying to get a response. Surely someone couldn't actually BE that arrogant to think that their work as a mother is done as they breastfed and that's the SINGLE most important thing!!!!

Mieaw makes sense. We are supposed to be supportive here. I know a few young mums who did breastfeed and also a few who didn't. I think young mums need the support of their own mums more than an older women would, and a lot of quite important decisions are based on this. Plus, recalling some 16yo girls i knew at school, how horrific would it be to have leaky breasts in the middle of a classroom full of teenage boys and girls? This may not seem very important to anyone over the age of 22, but at 16, your peers rule your world. More acceptable to your peers to bottle feed than to have leaky boobies!

It is the most patonising bitchy ignorant comment i'v ever read on here! (Followed by beansmums comments)

Its just something DH said today, we have been decorating and he said that the house is starting to look posh and it was the way I was brought up, my parents house is a lovely council house, and they have done a lot in it (people can't believe it is a council house when they go in) and I have the same view as I like my (council) house to look nice, so am I working class or middle class??

there are some people like that tho arnt there.
leave them too it, we could never be as perfect as them, we make mistakes..they must never slip up and there lives are a bed of roses

I really want to know what Buka meant by the 'artifical feeding' thing and that the results aren't good? This has really freaked me out? Buka what are the results, where are the results and what are you talking about?

she is trying to scare you, ignore her, your baby is happy thats all that count

Buka has made me want to go and shout at someone

I feel like what she says insinuates that because I bottlefed my ds he will be 'damaged' or something? I think that to make claims like that you should at least explain what exactly you mean

joanneg - she means that, shockingly, kids today are showing signs of having this disease, that allergy, the other what-its-name etc etc - and of course its all down to formula. Nothing to do with greenhouse gases, petrol fumes, genetically modified food, obesity, the polar ice caps melting etc etc. It's ALL down to formula - feel guilty NOW!!!!

joanneg, please try not to be too wrried, buka was probably some troll who's having a good giggle now, i bottlefed my dd and she's the picture of health.
Doesn't say much for bukas intelligenv=ce anyway to make statements like that and not back them up.

Whether we've breast or bottle fed, we'd all lay our lives down for our children. Here endeth the lesson.

I did bf all my kids but am not one of these mums who think its the be all and end all. Its a personal choice and if you choose to not bf, thats is up to you, most mums know the benifits of bf, but it doesn't matter as long as your baby is gaining weight. I can't stand these mums that think they know it all. breast feeding can be bad for a child if the mother doesn't have the milk there, so what is the alternive? Bottle feeding!! Would Buka be sounding off here if her milk suddenly dried up and she had bottle feed, no, she would be asking advice on which brand is best!!

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OK, at the risk of being lynched, I can see where Buka (whoever she is) is coming from.

The risks of using formula are not widely publicised, we are all told about the benefits of breastfeeding, but not of the risks of artifical feeding.

I have learnt about some of these risks during a b/f peer support course. Of course there are always going to be formula fed babies who are fin(just as there are 40 a day smokers who never get cancer).

As someone who chose to formula feed my daughter from birth it was hard for me to come to terms with some of these things and to realise that what I hadn't done the best I could for her. It was equally hard to make the decision to use some formula for my failing to thrive son but at least that time it was a fully informed choice.

Everyone does the best they can with the helpsupportpersonal feelings available to them at the time and for some people formula is the best choice for them. What I do feel is that it is important to educate new mums so that they have all the facts avaialt to them. Only then can a choice be said to be informed.

lol@ yorkie girl!

Julie - what are the FACTS against formular feeding? (not the pros for breastfeeding)

JulieF - we can see where she's coming from too and its very deep down and very dark

what exactly are the risks???

For interest there are statistics for you all here

A few months ago I looked after a 14 year old girl who had a waterbirth. I made an assumption that she would probably bottle feed and was amazed when she asked when she could breastfeed. Baby fixed on really easily and mum was delighted with herself. There are always exceptions to the rule. Thought I'd bring the thread back to the original question

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according to Buka its all on the internet! She said to research it, but TBH I wouldn't bother, baby milk can't be so bad, or the goverment would have banned it.

risks to answer the question.