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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually do bf my kid - ive said it 100 times, i just dobt operate unde the illusion that its going to make a huge difference. Also- comparatively speaking, the burden of my decision on what to feed my kid is minutely related to your health care costs. Do you drive PP? I'll bet you do, putting pollutants in the atmosphere, increasing the odds that your family is heavier, less healthy than those of us that don't. You are probably costing me way more in healthcare by driving your suv than I am costing you should I decide to wean my child. Oh yeah, and the pollutant in your cars emissions contribute to asthma in kids, that's a consistent proven relationship. FWIW I have a phd in epidemiology- public health is my job, and I think my reasoning is pretty solid. It's your poor understanding of research and risk that makes arguing pointless. In any event, you get your gold stars for mothering for the day and can feel justified to continue bleating about how much better you are at your leisure.[/quote] I'm not sure why I'm wading into this, but I can't resist because you've created an imaginary me that is the polar opposite of who I am. So I"ll take your questions seriously. Yes, my family has one car. It's a Prius. I rarely drive it because we live about 1/4 mile from metro. We drive to hike, bike, do the big grocery shopping, and visit friends and relatives we can't reach by train. When we do drive, we try to carpool and group errands to achieve the best gas mileage. My husband bikes to work. We compost, have an organic garden, and do not use any pollutants or pesticides in our home. I am a freecycler. I work from home. My family is not heavier, nor heavy at all, in fact. In short, we do what we can. I'm also a vegetarian, wow, reduces my risk of certain cancers. Can you claim the same? But there's NO POINT in having a pissing match. It's completely irrelevant. I don't solve every problem, I don't win every battle, and I don't do everything right or healthy. But just like it would be ridiculous to claim that smoking (if I smoked) wasn't less healthy than not abstaining, I think it is ridiculous to pretend there is NO benefit to breastfeeding when you've been hand fed dozens of reputable studies that show it is. As I said previously, you've made up your mind and closed it to new info. Frankly, I do NOT believe that you breastfed, by the way you're writing. Or if you did, you're one of those resentful moms who are nasty because they hated breastfeeding, and still resent having done it just to check a box. If it's not meaningful to you, fine. But please, stop spewing nonsense. [/quote]
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