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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How to load the dishwasher correctly.
How to sort and wash clothes correctly. 
Why Breast Milk is best. 
Why having an intact and functional family is not a privilege but a choice. [/quote]

You sound fun.[/quote]

“Why breast milk is best”

Commented just to say I get tired of explaining that actually fed is best and nobody should shame a woman for how she chooses to feed her baby 
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"Fed is best"  = Formula feeding.  This is a better option than the child being neglected, abused or starved.  It is not ideal, but sometimes the baby is in an unfortunate situation and the mother is unavailable to be a mother.

If the choice is between formula and breast milk, then for a normal healthy infant, in a functional healthy household, in a functional family, with a functional healthy mother - breast milk is best.  
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Oh no, you're missing the point entirely and you are the reason people feel the need to even say "fed is best."

My family is functional and healthy. I am functional and healthy. My baby was normal and healthy. But breastfeeding was a terrible experience. Because I was led to believe that, all else being what it was, I SHOULD have been able to nurse, I felt like a failure that it just wasn't working. Everything was fine, my baby just couldn't latch easily, I was in terrible pain, my supply was awful and none of the tips and tricks were working. Healthy mom, check. Healthy baby, check. Supportive family, check. It was emotionally harmful for me to hear "breast is best," when people told me to stick with it (stick with the screaming baby who can't be soothed by nursing combined with the pain? wtf?). If someone had told me "fed is best" back then, I wouldn't still be irritated by people like you 11 years later!

You are missing some major factors that go in to nurturing a baby. Thank God I started exclusively formula feeding by 9 weeks.

Or maybe you're being glib? But it's time for the pendulum to swing back to the middle. Fed is best. That's all. [/quote]

Jealous much? Sorry you failed, but get over it.[/quote]

You're so defensive, I'm assuming you are struggling with coming to terms with the fact that breastfeeding doesn't make you a good mom. Why else would you be so mean about it? 
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Guys this is ugly.

Please don’t turn breastfeeding choices into this …

Just be happy with your own choices and don’t shame others for different choices …[/quote]

Formula moms ALWAYS shame nursing moms for nursing in public. It's gross and obvious.[/quote]

Always?.I've never shamed someone for nursing in public.. Not once. [/quote]

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