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Posting photos of nursing babies online
| Wed, 09-05-2007 - 10:52am |
On another board, a poster has a long siggy that includes a slideshow of nursing babies from her playgroup. Another poster took offense at it and there has been quite the debate over the appropriateness of the siggy. I posted a message inviting people here to discuss that issue, and I hope that one of the posters from that particular playgroup comes here, at least so we can see what the siggy looks like. I'm having a hard time forming coherent thoughts today, LOL! So don't worry if I don't come back to debate the issue with you, I'm trying to get out of the office so I can go home & sleep.
As "Linda Richmond" (aka Mike Myers) from SNL would say, "talk amongst yourselves."
Mary
Mom to Kevin 11/04/2003
CL, Breast vs. Bottle Debate

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I actually have seen a LOT of common sense here.
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""I believe that the more people see it, the more natural it will seem because people will get used to it."
So by your line of reasoning I could create a photo tag "supporting" circumcison,piercing baby girls ears, spanking, Adult Couples nursing, or lighting up a doobie for all that(it is legal in some places), and that would help make it more socially acceptable? That people who would otherwise see the above as abnormal or taboo would suddenly "see the light" and totally change their minds?"
OK, sure. Suppose there was a movement out there to stop cannibis prohibition... oh wait, there is. And you know, getting their picture out there "light up" is one way that they try to normalize the use of marijuana. I don't think it's so much about changing peoples minds so much as it is accepting it as a normal thing for someone (perhaps even sonone else) to do. If you see pictures of nursing babeis 100 times (um, like in this thread - they are BEAUTIFUL, BTW), then maybe you won't react so negatively when you see someone out there NIP, or maybe in the future if your daughter or daughter in law nurses your grandchild.
As for the other things, yes, they are "advertised" to suit the same purpose in appropriate forums. THIS (ivillage) is a woman's network and the messageboards in question are part of the "Pregnancy and Parenting section". Totally appropriate. IMO they'd be just as appropriate in a PSA on NBC, or CBC. I'm sure I've seen more breast and nipple on "Degrassi Jr. High". Adult nursing might be appropriately "advertised" within an alternitive lifestyle environment. It has been protrayed on prime time as well.
"I would love to see the irate fury on the part of BFers if someone created a photo tag showing babies with propped bottles!! Many people would find that highly offensive, and I bet you a dime to a dollar that IV would have any of the above removed."
The only reason I could see for iVillage removing such a tag would be if it were to appear to be supporting child endangerment. Propping bottles is not recommended for any baby. Advertisiements though run rampant all over the net for bottle proppers - do a search on this board and I'd bet you'll find more than a few.
"The fact that that much breast and nipple is allowed to be shown, no matter the context, by IV, which is owned by a media mogul, baffles me. It is not "normal" and if this was prime time TV those images would carry a graphic content warning after every commercial. "
Sorry, HOW much breast and nipple? I never saw ANY nipple. Did you mean areola?
"This is another case where the politics of bfing outweigh good judgement."
Um, what?
Cathie
Not trying to be attacking here, but jeze, using common sense as a reason NOT to BF is a bit of a stretch.>>
Yikes, are you really saying that those who formula feed have no common sense?
PumpkinAngel
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I admit, as a mother of non-breastfeeding children as they are past that stage of their life, I am not up on all the risks and such.
PumpkinAngel
http://www.babyreference.com/InfantDeaths.htm
Very comprehensive (read lengthy!) article on increased risks of formula use in the US and worldwide.
There is precious little common sense to be found here,
Because you debate on the less popular side of the topic means there is no common sense here?
After reading that article and links attached,
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"Yikes, are you really saying that those who formula feed have no common sense?"
No, she said, "using common sense as a reason NOT to BF is a bit of a stretch"
The OP's rationale wasn't rational.
It may make PERFECT sense to formula feed a baby. Mom might unavailable, she might have supply issues, she might be on certain medications, might have adopted or had a breast reduction. She might not have had support and breastfeeding failed or she may have been led down a garden path by an uninformed, although well meaning doctor. In those cases, where breastmilk isn't available, sufficient or safe, common sense would tell you to use formula. It's unfortunate that common sense didn't perhaps tell the mom to get a second opinion or line up knowledgeable support first, but using formula quite often can come as a result of gool old common sense.
However, what was said was that common sense would tell you to NOT Breastfeed. That's saying something completely different. That is saying that when a mom very well may produce the perfect food, in the perfect amount, at the perfect temperature that is perfectly absorbed, always reasy, always fresh, never ending (unless you stop) - delivered in a warm, soft, nurturing vessel that smells and tastes and feels and looks like mom, designed to perfectly align baby's jaw and at the exact best distance from mom's face, that is not manufacturered, processed, preserved, or store bought; It's free, replenishable .... saying that it's "common sense" to throw that away, let it dry up, not use it at all, and PURCHASE an inferior product associated with greater disease and illness in both mom and baby, full of chemicals, by products of processing, artificial this and that, miked with municipal water - or store bought ($$$ again), must be prepared, clean, refrigerated, warmed, sterilized, has "equipment".... How does THAT display one iota of common sense.
"Common sense is very uncommon" ~ Horace Greely
"Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom." -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Cathie
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