10 things breastfeeding advocates should stop saying

[Trillian]

This 'article' came up in my FB newsfeed yesterday too. It is a blog post on an AP/Gentle Parenting/Pro Bfing blog here Top 10 Things Breastfeeding Advocates Should Stop Saying At the very bottom of the 'article' (Left off the OP) there was this further paragraph from the poster;

Lactivists, advocates, breastfeeding supporters of all kinds (yes, including the ones who’ve used formula!): What do you think? Is it time to put an end to the phrases on this list? What would you add?

The article/blog post was never intended to divide groups of women, in fact it was written by someone who is indeed very pro breastfeeding by the sounds of it (and the tone of her other blog posts) and to me, it looks like she is trying to bridge the divide between the mums who use either method. She is being proactive and recognising that there is a problem and asking for opinions on it and maybe even trying to change the mindset so that people are less likely to upset a Formula feeding mum. She even has another blog post called Top 10 things Breastfeeding Advocates SHOULD say which provides a wonderful balance to the list posted in the OP. Maybe if things can be posted in context then there is less likely to be any issue at all. But when posted as it was without the background info, it does look like it was written from a different headspace and that makes it easy to look like a disgruntled formula feeder having a go at the world.