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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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Same here. When we go out of state I forget that not everyone bans smoking, so I'm often blindsided by the hostess asking "smoking or non?" We'll say, none of the above, and leave. ;-)
Does anyone remember when smoking was allowed on airplanes? Now that was awful! Especially since my mom smoked, so I'd have to sit in the nasty cloud of toxins the whole time. And even those in the front of the plane would have to breathe it in. Bleah!!
Mary
Mom to Kevin 11/04/2003
CL, Breast vs. Bottle Debate
"My statement wasn't a commentary on anyone's intelligence, fitness as a parent, capacity to care, etc., etc. It was my opinion, based on my experience, that most new moms (breastfeeders and formula feeders both) really don't have a good knowledge base when it comes to infant nutrition."
I will have to agree with the above statement and say until I came here and joined this debate, that I also was not knowledgable about newborn nutrition. I was not even up on adult nutrition until my mother stated her case about how badly most people eat right through life and taught me about nutrition for me and my child. My grandmother is a prime example of bad eating but even there, some of us can get away with it and still manage to live active normal lives. It is a risk you take though and luckily my grandmother, who is 90, is still very active. It does not negate the risk. My Aunt and Uncle smoked for decades and are now in their 60s having quit 20 years ago. That does not mean we should all take up smoking because we do not know the cards that will dealt us and my family have manged to soldier on despite, not because. (That saying was learned here!)
Spud...
I donated my freezer stash of EBM to another mom through
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I donated my freezer stash of EBM to another mom through
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You bring up some great points! I know when I was BFIng my younger two (the first was FF) I felt bad for spending so much time with them. They were both fussy. The middle one was fairly content in the sling so he practically lived in it. My third has a brain disorder and we think he gets headaches, so he would have these screaming episodes, way beyond the intensity of colic. It was grating on my nerves and the only solution was to nurse him to sleep. CIO was not an option for us, as it made my oldest terrified of his room until age 4 and because I could not bring myself to make him CIO if he had headaches (even though the neurologist suggested it!). I would sit in his room, lights out, rocking and nursing. His brothers (ages 3 and 5) would be playing together or watching TV. I felt bad, really bad. But the youngest needed me. Sitting in the living room wouldn't have provided the calm atmosphere needed to calm him down, with a breast or bottle, and the bottle just wouldn't have provided the comfort he needed with the amount of sucking he needed (he hated pacifiers and his thumb!). During that rough year or so he needed me the most. He also needed us to take him to the Univ. of Virginia to see a neurosurgeon, and go up there for an MRI. Overnight trips each time and the other boys stayed home with relatives. That is what he needed so that is what he got.
Our others have needs though too, my oldest will have another heart surgery sometime in the next several years. That will probably involve several days of them staying with relatives. My middle had many ear infections and needed us, for his surgeries and also just to comfort him when he was in pain.
So they have each had times where they needed me more than the others, and I guess part of being in a family is learning that sometimes another person's needs are more important but you are still loved through it. And really, the time spent BFing isn't all that long in anyone's life. I just would never think of not taking my kids to their specialist visits hours away just because someone might feel left out or resent the time given to that child. It's a part of life, and an important lesson to learn.
Becca
My problem is when the statement "BM reduces the risk of..." is used,
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This statement is fine with me because you added the it is my opinion, and therefore have qualified the statement.
I am sorry that I am not up on the latest HIV information, as I was just using it as an example of how a blanket statement can be inflammatory and I could manipulate my words to make the statement that breastmilk is harmful true. I am glad that there have been strides towards breastfeeding and HIV (I have a friend with a 2 month old who's next baby may benefit from this).
Kerri
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This is exactly why I always qualify my statements with "could be" and "can be".
Hey Carolyn, if your iVillage email is accurate, you should have a
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