Do FFers know this risk?

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Registered: 01-16-2009
Do FFers know this risk?
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Sat, 07-18-2009 - 4:15pm

Do most FFing parents know powdered infant formulas are not commercially sterile products? How much of a risk is a E. sakazakii infection? Is it only a risk to premature and low-weight babies? According to the WHO article below, "infants under 2 months of age are at greatest risk."


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Registered: 04-07-2009
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 6:38pm

Or is it super fantastic "feet"???? Get it?!?!?!!

I'm going to get something to eat.





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Registered: 04-07-2009
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 6:39pm

I was making a joke? You know, haha??

Good grief.





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Registered: 07-11-2006
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 6:46pm
They are scattered all over iVillage.

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 6:54pm

"**But turning them away because they are nursing or ENing, in or out of the chair, is discriminiation and protected in most places these days.**

Actually, that is protecting the client, their child and the stylists business."


No, in that case, they'd be reacting because of the safety of the child/mother/stylists.

Cathie

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 7:04pm

"Do you really expect anyone to give hundreds of examples to satisfy doubt? I think you're reaching for this one."


Maybe you didn't catch that exchange.

Cathie

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 7:27pm
Well it sure as heck sounded like you and Licqueen were alluding to the idea that it would be more beneficial to a child to wean than to affront a bully, b/c of possible emotional damage.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 7:33pm
Yeah ok, agreed. But does one negative outcome out of a positive situation really make it a valid reason that everyone should have to wean? *in case* it happens, on top of that, since not every nursing school aged child will have issues! My two didn't...and I know many others who haven't had issues either...
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Registered: 04-07-2009
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 8:02pm
That doesn't work for anyone else and I have yet to see a "hateful" or "inflammatory" post from a formula feeder.




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Registered: 06-17-2007
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 8:06pm

It sucks to remember it, honestly. The sad part was that this was awhile ago, back in the days when people thought that bullying was a part of life for most kids and that adults couldn't do anything about it, the kids had to work it out themselves, etc.

I could say that if anything good came out of the Columbine massacre, it's that people have started taking bullying issues more seriously. I was 20 when that happened and I remember thinking that I totally understood where those two kids were coming from, even if I thought their actions were horrible and inexcusable. The thought that a kid might snap under the pressure of bullying and kill himself or blow a whole bunch of people away was a lesson I wished this country didn't have to learn the hard way.

I worry for Elizabeth. She already has a strong, loud personality and I hope she's able to fit in well as she gets older. Both DH and I had problems dealing with bullies as children, so understandably we both take the issue very seriously. I just don't want to turn into the adult who bullies the kid who's bullying my kid, because I've certainly seen that happen before too.




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Registered: 07-11-2006
Sat, 07-25-2009 - 9:06pm

OK, but the anti-bf comments are so common and pervasive throughout iV, that it seems silly to have to provide a link. It would take a very minimal effort on your part to find them, so I'm thinking that you really aren't interested in seeing them. You seem to be taking a tit-for-tat attitude, that if you post about some rare occurrence and are asked to provide evidence, that it's the same as asking for evidence of a common occurrence. Apples and oranges.

Put it this way, if you claimed the grass in your area is green, I wouldn't ask for evidence. If you claimed it is orange, I'd be doubtful unless you had some evidence, as I've never seen orange grass.

There are some common myths, such as children who eat too much sugar are hyper, for which I would ask for a link to evidence. Then there are facts such as putting children on their backs to sleep reduces SIDS, for which I would not ask for a link because I already know it's a fact. I could and would provide a link if a poster questioned it.

Often people claim that breastfeeders try to make them feel guilty or that they called formula poison, those are myths that are quite common. So I would ask for links.

In summary, derogatory comments and misperceptions about breastfeeders are rampant. I could provide links for you, but it'd be an exercise in futility, not to mention potentially a TOS violation.

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