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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Anti-breastfeeding poster" here (I'm not against breastfeeding, I EBFed for 6 months and kept it up until 14 months). Here's a quote from the NYTimes about the new guidelines. The AAP has messed up before (we know this because they have previously retracted guidance that severely harmed some children) and they have messed up again. It is not uncommon for subject matter experts to know a lot about their subject but very little about how to interpret data, and there is no doubt in my mind that this is a BIG issue at the AAP.

"The new guidelines suggest that in the first week after birth, “pediatricians should discourage the use of nonmedically indicated supplementation with commercial infant formula.” The 2012 A.A.P. statement was more subtle, advising that pediatricians encourage “support of practices that avoid nonmedically indicated supplementation with commercial infant formula.”

The difference may seem like a minor point — supporting breastfeeding practices versus discouraging formula use — but it matters. “[b]Nonmedically indicated” is subjective, [/b]and the updated admonition concerns me. There are reports, such as this one from The Atlantic and this one from CNN, about mothers who’ve been pressured by lactation consultants, nurses or pediatricians to reject formula in the early days of their children’s lives, and as a result their babies lost a dangerous amount of weight and, in rare circumstances, became gravely ill."

These New Breastfeeding Guidelines Ignore the Reality of Many American Moms https://nyti.ms/3am1C5s[/quote]

That is untrue. There are highly publicized guidelines for what percentage of dropped birthweight indicates supplementation with formula in the days and weeks after birth. [/quote]

yay starve your baby until they officially fall below the FTT line! But up until then, doctors should “discourage” formula. Seriously WTF. That makes me furious. Women’s bodies and labor are not free. [/quote]

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