I Formula Feed

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Registered: 07-07-2008
I Formula Feed
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Mon, 07-07-2008 - 7:50pm
I chose to formula feed my daughter. I love her with all my heart, and am a great mother (contray to what other mothers will say because I didn't BF). I gave my daughter the best 9 months of my life when pregnant...eating healthy, excerising, quit smoking, quit drinking, yada yada yada and I give her everything in this world now but yes I was selfish and formula fed and do not regret one second of it. I'm sorry that my husband, mother, sister can help with feedings and make a bottle themselves... I can go out for a night and not worry about having a glass of wine or I can go to the mall and not have to whip my boob out in the middle of the common area. And my daughter is extemely healthy and happy. I don't think Im going to hell because I formula feed nor do I feel I am a bad parent. My husband and I agreed formula was the way to go for us. I'm sure there are plenty of things BF'ing mothers do that other parents wouldn't agree with but that doesnt mean you should be crucified for it. I think other mothers should get off their high horse about bf'ing and realize its just not for everyone and you're not

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Registered: 06-17-2007
In reply to: krsd0403
Sun, 08-03-2008 - 9:52pm

"now what was it you were saying about breastfed children being more healthy?"

Two cases does not make a weight of evidence. My husband and I (he was bf, I was ff) can easily counter your evidence. How about expert data proving ff people are healthier than bf people? If you really think it's so prevalent, it ought to be easy to find.

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Registered: 06-17-2007
In reply to: krsd0403
Sun, 08-03-2008 - 10:10pm

"To me the NOT WANTING to Bf outweighed the slight increase in risk."

Yeah, I'd like to think that my wants are more important than everyone else's needs too, but it just isn't the case with my kids. It just seems odd that you want us to respect your decision to put your wants above your children's needs, and then you get upset when you get responses challenging the benefit to your children. I mean, would you find any of these arguments so appealing that they would convert your own actions to doing these instead (assuming you didn't do them already)?

1. I don't want to eat vegetables, so I don't serve them in my house.

2. I don't want to change diapers, so I just won't put my baby in anything.

3. I don't want to hold my baby, so I don't.

4. I don't want to buy a carseat, so I'll just carry my baby on my lap.

I realize that some of these are extremes, but they should show you how your claim that your wants outweighed your children's needs appears to a lot of people here.

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Registered: 04-13-2008
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 4:33am

Shari,

You said you are having difficulty finding anything about lo9ng term effects of altered gut flora. I goggled the words adult gut flora breastfed and found the following article on the first page of articles. It is quite informative, even I learnt a bunch of stuff that I did not know.

This article provides some information on the permanently altered gut flora from formula feeding (and also how such things as antibiotics and contraceptives have their own effects on gut flora) and the subsequent nutritional, immune and psychological/psychiatric effects of the altered gut flora.

http://www.e-f-t.co.uk/gutfloraandpsychology.html

It would seem it is not just a difference that ends when a bf baby is eventually introduced to solids, but a long term/lifelong difference.

Teresa




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Registered: 07-19-2008
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 7:47am

My mother breastfed me for

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Registered: 07-11-2006
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 7:54am

skipped a few posts, might have missed something...

>>You have no clue whether I would have grown up healthier back then had I been formula fed.<<

No one can say for sure that any individual baby would be healthier formula fed or breastfed, since they only have one chance. There are no do-overs.

All we do know is that there are lots of health promoting properties in breastmilk that are not in formula and that when you compare large groups, the group of breastfed kids are always a lot more healthy than the group of ffed kids.

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Registered: 07-19-2008
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 7:55am
And I've heard they are less intelligent that Breastfeed babies...I wonder if my daughter's IQ would be where it is now (160**average adult is 145) if I would have breastfeed...hmmmm





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Registered: 10-04-2003
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 8:01am

I realize that some of these are extremes, but they should show you how your claim that your wants outweighed your children's needs appears to a lot of people here.


It's not like I said I'm not going to feed my baby because I don't want too.

 

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Registered: 10-04-2003
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 8:02am
I was very interesting and I did learn some things.

 

Shari mother to

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Registered: 11-29-2005
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 8:11am

And that's all I'm gonna say on the subject.

 


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Registered: 04-13-2008
In reply to: krsd0403
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 8:28am

It did talk about probiotics and so on being helpful. Of course, they are not claiming the effects can be completely reversed. Probiotics can be obtained in capsules from the chemist, and are also present in fermented foods like natural yoghurt containing live bacteria, and drinks such as Yakult (do you have that in the US?) Even with these, it can be difficult to get them right through the gut in the quantities required, and more importantly, eliminate the colonies of the 'bad bacteria'.

At this point, it would be trying to make the best of a situation that already exists. Rather than starting with the ideal situation.

Teresa

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