information is power

but despite the internet, increased education for women (i'm talking historically here), it is STILL very hard to find out accurate, current UNBIASED information. You ask ten sources, you get ten different answers. Everyone has their own bias.
Hope I'm OK to reply to this (thanks for the link to my blog by the way )
You're definitely right about accurate unbiased information, and the different answers.
I find it helps to try and logically find the biological norm ie we know human infants are built to receive human milk - therefore we need evidence that the alternative is safe and doesn't increase risks, rather than trying to prove breastmilk is "better". Imagine if someone invented artificial blood next year - would we want research showing real blood was better?

The same goes for a lot of things baby related I find eg controlled crying - pretty sure cavewoman without a clock nor any pressure from social norms, who would have fed LOTS at night due to dangers during the day, wouldn't have practised sleep training. Therefore we need extensive, solid evidence this isn't going to cause longer term psychological damage.

I'm just blogging at the moment about how science flips language, how the media mis report studies and how in turn this makes it very difficult to unpick the facts.

AA