If high standards include a spotless home, 100% healthy meals, and perfectly behaved children, than DH and I both fail as both dual and single care givers. "
My kids exclusively bfed for about 7mo, then had homemade babyfood (usually a single food of what the rest of the family was eating) AND bfed until they had enough teeth to actually chew their food (and/or had been introduced to many new foods), then went to eating soft table foods and continued to bf for another several months.
With my last baby, I had a Magic Bullet (loved that thing) and started by pureeing what ever veggie the rest of the family was eating (at the dinner meal).
Socio economic class is irrelevant except....that most women who BF long term tend to do so because they have more support and are more educated on the subject. emphasis added
I think it's important to point out that the women who have more support and more education are often of a higher ses.
Why don't you believe that? Does it clash with your beliefs about breast feeding? My experience is like ducky's and from what you report I have known far more breast feeding women than you.
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If a guy is the main breadwinner, he doesn't have to willing or able to take care of the kids for a weekend."
Says you, naturally. But let's keep it in perspective. Your DH and father apparently can't burp themselves;)
Wow good for you!
If high standards include a spotless home, 100% healthy meals, and perfectly behaved children, than DH and I both fail as both dual and single care givers. "
My kids exclusively bfed for about 7mo, then had homemade babyfood (usually a single food of what the rest of the family was eating) AND bfed until they had enough teeth to actually chew their food (and/or had been introduced to many new foods), then went to eating soft table foods and continued to bf for another several months.
With my last baby, I had a Magic Bullet (loved that thing) and started by pureeing what ever veggie the rest of the family was eating (at the dinner meal).
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Ducky
Socio economic class is irrelevant except....that most women who BF long term tend to do so because they have more support and are more educated on the subject. emphasis added
I think it's important to point out that the women who have more support and more education are often of a higher ses.
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Ducky
"...."Experts agree that breast milk is the gold standard in infant nutrition,..."
Kitty
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Kitty
"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t
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