Brilliant post Maya... y'know, had to "spread the love".
I also agree with Rory: "If you take the possibility of transmission of AIDS or toxic substances (alcohol, drugs, etc) from the equation, I don't have the slightest idea why anyone would have an issue with someone else BF their baby - I certainly wouldn't have qualms with someone I knew/trusted BF my son."
There's another good thread on a similar topic: Would you donate/recieve donated breast milk?
LMAO - BFing makes her uncomfortable but having repeated surgeries, constant pain, having to wear a steel bra at all times except during shoots and millions of pervs across the world leering over her doesn't. Couldn't make it up...
Isn't Jordan a boy's name? Oh, I hate it when news people think we know who these "celebs" are so don't use two names.
Like the other day I saw a headline about a girl named Richie... took me a minute to realise it was a last name (like Jordan is, I guess). Still none the wiser though.
Anyway, back to topic... Bath, I would donate, but not accept, for reasons of chemicals/allergens mentioned above.
LOL Jordan is only one name! But I was sure she'd gone back to using Katie Price.
People like her are not about to change their narrow thinking, so are best left to their own devices...pearls and swine comes to mind! Actually, according to a few studies I'm reading for an assignment, people like her are best reached well before bubs is born, and possibly even conceived. It's not her fault. She lives in a society where breastfeeding has been shunned for decades and treated as if it's something for poor, lower class, unsophisticated etc people. She would not be the only one for whom breastfeeding has become a warped notion, I'm sure.
As someone who feels like they were a little girls just yesterday (not really but I'm still young at heart), I have no problem with littlies bottle feeding their dollies, I bottle fed my dollies and its not something thats going to influence my feeding choices as a mother. It's a difficult discussion I guess as to how do we normalise breastfeeding. I think my main influence behind choosing to breastfeed comes from being a nurse myself and having a sister who's a midwife and absolutely drums it into me. Maybe if they looked more into it in health and PE classes and discussed it more then thats something that would help... I can never remember going through that in highschool or primary school... mainly just uni. I know of a few mums who decided to bottle feed because "breastfeeding hurt" and whatever other excuse that could be found... maybe if they had more education and support around breastfeeding in their younger days that would have changed the way they coped with it.
You make a good point Mellybubz. Pretty much anything will seem strange if it is not what you are used to. I know that things like extended bf, which I am now a huge advocate of, seemed strange to me when I first came across it, bcos is was a new thing.
It is just difficult to see things changing drastically in the short term. I agree that education in schools would be a great start. Also far more visibility of bfing mothers - but that is hard when there is still a lot of restistance to bfing in public. I guess this is why the discussions about things like dolls bottles start - dolls having bottles is just one of the many things that contribute to bottle feeding seeming normal.
I am not sure what the answer is - I think if there are positive bfing influences around a person, then exposure to a doll with a bottle does no harm. However, some kids will have dolls with bottles and no bfing influences around them. How do you think they will feed their child? And more importantly, what can be done to get more of these kids to grow up to be bfers? I think there a number of things that should be done, and the report from the Inquiry into Breastfeeding has recommended some of them. But in short, we have a long way to go, because we have to totally change the attitudes of our society in general and that is no mean feat.
I know what you mean. I remember being at my half brother and sister-in-laws (who have no kids) house last year when the topic came up she thought the idea of still bfing a 1 year old was gross. Having had slightly more experience with kids then them as my other half brother and sister in law have 3 kids who she breastfed till they were about 18 months I just said to her "have you spent much time with a one year old". They're still babies at that age and as that sister in law pointed out at that age it can also be a big comfort thing especially around sleep time.
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