This thread has raised concerns for me in terms of people saying these things to BREASTFEEDERS in a misguided attempt to keep them breastfeeding! False 'arguments' and statements like these very quickly lose their potency and someone who's really struggling to keep their baby BF will just be defeated by being told these things - they are just of no use at all. And if you're telling a formula feeding mum, well isn't that shutting a badly made gate after the horse has bolted?
That's why I see a wider relevance of this thread - it serves ALL mothers to shoot these statements down. No 'taking sides', no 'us and them' from me in any of what I've posted thus far. And you're not gonna see it.
I also think it's fairer for the person who created this list (I know it wasn't you, Tinks, you're just the messenger!) to call it "10 things SOME dumb-dumb breastfeeding 'advocates' say". Because these things don't actually ADVOCATE breastfeeding, they just condemn people who really need support to do their mothering job.
But go ahead, pigeon-hole me and read something in my posts that isn't there, but is in your attitude towards me because you've got baggage about anyone who does breastfeed (never mind that I've been through hell and back and know how people do turn to formula when the going gets tough...).