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LOL that's pretty much all that gets said on here!
Love it! THANK YOU Tinks for posting! hopefully some people will think twice about their comments! and realise that BFing is not the be all and end all, and that they are no better than FFing mums!
I'm proud to say i am both
No.4 is the one i agree with the most! I am so over hearing that! when in all honesty............. Pftt.
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i like the 2nd article HEAPS also! would be great to hear more of those things! as a Student Midwife i will be using them
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Like it so much i have shared the love on my facebook page.
FWIW - currently still feeding my 16month old...
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To be fair Minny, I can pretty much guarantee EVERY mother/father on BB is still feeding their 16 month old. Whether or not they are breastfeeding, bottle feeding, solids, whatever...
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Im not sure where you are trying to go with this? Didnt say "what" i was feeding my 16month old...although the ticker makes it obvious...
Im not the first person to say im a breastfeeder but like the article, i have also shared the other article as well....
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I really like both articles also. I would consider myself pro-BFing (choose that path myself so a bit hard to say I'm not!) but I really get very annoyed at what some BFing advocates say and the first article really sums that up well. I agree to a lesser degree with some points but overall I love the gist of it.
Sometimes I just want to slap the ABA and yell 'you catch more flies with honey than vinegar', I think they need to wake up to themselves. I know of someone who had terrible supply issues and was pretty much shown the door when they tried to comp feed. Now how is that supportive or helpful? That persons outcome could have been waaaaaaay different if they were shown more of the attitude of the second article.
I am pleased to see that the line I take with friends is very well summed up in the second article. Just wanted to say that there are lots of us out there, we may not be as loud and in your face as the more extreme advocates but we are out there and we think you are all doing a great job.
As for the point about saying how difficult it can be, I am a bit torn on this one. I think different people respond to different things, I have heard LOTS of people say they wish some one told them it could be hard so that as soon as a hurdle came up they didn't automatically put themselves in the basket of people that just can't BF, but at the same time other people take that warning entirely differently. It is so hard to come up with a message that is concise and to the point and accommodates the different responses people can have. So as I said, I am pretty torn on that point, but the option in the second article is pretty good for mine.
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