What SHOULD go into the decision (m)

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What SHOULD go into the decision (m)
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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 6:33pm

OK, I don't think anyone really denies that it is ultimately every mom's decision.

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 9:01am

"""You are still implying that to exclusively breast feed, the mother would sit all day while the father did everything else.""""
no, i am not.

""In your particular case, it would work out very easily. You BF as needed during the day (between household chores, of course) while your DH is at his FT job. Then, while he has Daddy duty and you are at your PT job, the baby either takes pumped milk or just waits for you to get home and nurses to "catch up"."""

Actually, no i would not be "that easy" sorry.

"""I don't think it is fair to pass off chores for feeding _JMO and only that"

Well, I guess it depends on how important the family considers BFing to be."""

exactly, and to us, it is not that important! Formula was and will be our choice.

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 10:43am

"No, i mentioned that cause in my house we do need both incomes, it was asked if my DH would resent me if i did BF - and no, but he would never ask me to BF full time over wanting or needing to work"


Why does it have to be "full time"?

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 10:44am

"No, but we can say that working is one of the decisions that needs to be accounted for"


And it IS ccounted for when mom pumps or supplements w/ formula.

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 10:52am

"i meant exactly what i said = 6-12 months of processed food wether formula or others processed stuff is not nearly as bad as 20-30 years of it"


First - What's is you point?


Second - I tend to disagree.

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 10:53am

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 10:58am

"Not - mom has to sit all day and BF and dad does everything else. It was just posted that BFing should be swapped for household chores - me for one, would rather share all - this is where this stemmed from."


No.

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 11:02am

"I only said this in response to a post asking if eating healthy is important to someone at risk for a Heart Attack - and i said eating healthy is important to everyone, not just those at risk for things. "


Am I the only one that sees the irony here, lol?


You have asserted numerous times that the risks of ffing only matter to those who are at risk for things.

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 11:06am

<""Maybe your husband is different and would resent if you just sat around BFing while he picked up the slack around the house. ""


And my response to that was
""No, not resent - me but he would find it unfair to put us in a financial rut to quit work and sit around a BF while he works, and does all the chores.""">>


And what is being asked of you, is WHY you would sit around all day and bf?

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 11:09am

"Actually, no it would not be "that easy" sorry."


Why not?

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Sun, 01-06-2008 - 11:51am

"Yup, true, but i'd rather use formula all the time then switch up"


I've asked before, but you've repeatedly dodged the question, so I'll ask again ;)


You said here, and in a number of other places in this thread, that you would rather 100% ff than start out bfing and switch or supplement with formula.

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