Comments on: Similac On My Doorstep http://mamaheartsbaby.com/similac-on-my-doorstep/ Sun, 30 May 2010 02:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Getting To BlogHer ‘09 | MamaHeartsBaby http://mamaheartsbaby.com/similac-on-my-doorstep/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Getting To BlogHer ‘09 | MamaHeartsBaby Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:02:20 +0000 http://mamaheartsbaby.com/?p=378#comment-105 [...] still do).  However, I finally felt like I’d reached some level of community on my blog when these posts generated not only great comments but fired up an interesting and friendly debate on [...] [...] still do).  However, I finally felt like I’d reached some level of community on my blog when these posts generated not only great comments but fired up an interesting and friendly debate on [...]

]]> By: me http://mamaheartsbaby.com/similac-on-my-doorstep/comment-page-1/#comment-88 me Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:17:59 +0000 http://mamaheartsbaby.com/?p=378#comment-88 Some observers would say that that whole formula company stuff is a conspiracy. Baby formula is such a big biz. Some observers would say that that whole formula company stuff is a conspiracy. Baby formula is such a big biz.

]]> By: Similac On My Doorstep Part 2 | MamaHeartsBaby http://mamaheartsbaby.com/similac-on-my-doorstep/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Similac On My Doorstep Part 2 | MamaHeartsBaby Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:54:02 +0000 http://mamaheartsbaby.com/?p=378#comment-81 [...] my post yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with @Blacktating who blogs “breastfeeding news [...] [...] my post yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with @Blacktating who blogs “breastfeeding news [...]

]]> By: LaylaBeth http://mamaheartsbaby.com/similac-on-my-doorstep/comment-page-1/#comment-80 LaylaBeth Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:51:06 +0000 http://mamaheartsbaby.com/?p=378#comment-80 What an informative article! Thank you for sharing. As a former teenage parent, I got really discouraged with breastfeeding and gave my son a bottle after three agonizing days. (I continued to pump and supplement for the next 2-3 weeks, before just switching to formula exclusively.) It was way too easy to make that switch! I had endless support from healthcare providers, family, and friends, etc., to switch to formula and have to this day wondered why I didn't have the same support offered for my attempt at breastfeeding? I now have another baby. We have been nursing happily for nineteen months and have no plans to stop anytime soon. She has never tasted formula or taken a bottle. And it was hard in the beginning! But this time, I had support, and opportunities for education on the subject which is what I feel, it boils down to. If mothers don't "know" better, they can't "do" better. WIth the formula companies breathing down everyone's neck, a mom who's having a rough time might be more apt to go the formula route--I know that I did! But at least this new campaign DOES support--and encourage--breastfeeding. That's a positive step! :-) What an informative article! Thank you for sharing.

As a former teenage parent, I got really discouraged with breastfeeding and gave my son a bottle after three agonizing days. (I continued to pump and supplement for the next 2-3 weeks, before just switching to formula exclusively.)

It was way too easy to make that switch! I had endless support from healthcare providers, family, and friends, etc., to switch to formula and have to this day wondered why I didn’t have the same support offered for my attempt at breastfeeding?

I now have another baby. We have been nursing happily for nineteen months and have no plans to stop anytime soon.

She has never tasted formula or taken a bottle.

And it was hard in the beginning!

But this time, I had support, and opportunities for education on the subject which is what I feel, it boils down to. If mothers don’t “know” better, they can’t “do” better. WIth the formula companies breathing down everyone’s neck, a mom who’s having a rough time might be more apt to go the formula route–I know that I did!

But at least this new campaign DOES support–and encourage–breastfeeding.

That’s a positive step! :-)

]]> By: Elita http://mamaheartsbaby.com/similac-on-my-doorstep/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Elita Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:29:35 +0000 http://mamaheartsbaby.com/?p=378#comment-78 The formula companies have their subtle and not-so-subtle tactics for ruining your nursing relationship. The pictures of bottle feeding parents show them smiling and glowing. Nursing moms look strained. They say things in their pamphlets like, "Your newborn is VERY hungry and will nurse EIGHT to TWELVE times per day, for 5 to minutes per breast!" (they bold the stuff I put in all caps). In other words, breastfeeding is hard and you should only let your baby nurse 5-10 minutes per breast, when any nursing mom can you tell you that it's more like 20 per breast, and can be up to 40 (and that's normal!) This is from their website: "To keep a steady milk supply in each breast, it’s important to switch breasts during feedings. Begin feeding on the breast that was not used last. After five or 10 minutes, try burping your baby, and then offer the second breast for as long as he wants. If he doesn’t seem interested in the second breast, offer that breast first at his next feeding." Um, WRONG WRONG WRONG. You don't pull a nursing infant off your breast after 5 minutes! Then you have a starving baby that "needs" to be supplemented with formula. Sorry they piss me off. I don't know what you got in the mail, but they are still up to their old tricks. The formula companies have their subtle and not-so-subtle tactics for ruining your nursing relationship. The pictures of bottle feeding parents show them smiling and glowing. Nursing moms look strained. They say things in their pamphlets like, “Your newborn is VERY hungry and will nurse EIGHT to TWELVE times per day, for 5 to minutes per breast!” (they bold the stuff I put in all caps). In other words, breastfeeding is hard and you should only let your baby nurse 5-10 minutes per breast, when any nursing mom can you tell you that it’s more like 20 per breast, and can be up to 40 (and that’s normal!)
This is from their website:
“To keep a steady milk supply in each breast, it’s important to switch breasts during feedings. Begin feeding on the breast that was not used last. After five or 10 minutes, try burping your baby, and then offer the second breast for as long as he wants. If he doesn’t seem interested in the second breast, offer that breast first at his next feeding.”

Um, WRONG WRONG WRONG. You don’t pull a nursing infant off your breast after 5 minutes! Then you have a starving baby that “needs” to be supplemented with formula.
Sorry they piss me off. I don’t know what you got in the mail, but they are still up to their old tricks.

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