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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am all for BF promotion because we still have some seriously ignorant women out there (my SIL being one of them), who get all horrified at the prospect of a baby on a boob.  My SIL seriously thinks that the "cool kids feed formula," her boobs are only for men to play with, and only third-world women with no teeth breastfeed.  She doesn't read much.  Anyway, the point is that[b] there are very legitimate reasons for formula feeding[/b], but then, since my SIL is a label-whore in the worst way, having Gisele, Kate Middleton, and whomever else celebrate BF'ing would encourage women like my SIL to breastfeed, and I'm for that.  The campaign has to go to the far outer reaches of motherhood.

FYI, I BF'd my first for 6 months, and my second I started supplementing at 2 months, so I understand all the reasons women face in trying to BF exclusively.

That being said, I'm also noticing that some men are really getting into breastfeeding.  I have male colleagues who ask me very detailed questions about me BF'ing and then tell me their wives' experiences in minute detail.  I mean, the questions and comments are all very legitimate, and it's clear the men are very knowledgeable about BFing, and I do think it's cute and a good sign of the times, but it also weirds me out a bit, I have to say.[/quote]

Which include personal preference for the mother, BTW.[/quote]

I am the PP.  Yes, I acknowledge that, but there are STUPID reasons too, such as "the cool kids feed formula so I will too."  Now, I would never get in a fight with my SIL about it because I am very live and let live, but I can guarantee that that lemming would be singing a different tune once she figures out that BF'ing is where its at and BF'ing is the thing to brag about.  Right now, she will get in YOUR FACE and tell you that it BF'ing is disgusting and heck no she's not doing it.  She's like Gisele's twin star when it comes to smugness.  But knowing her, she can turn on a dime.  That is why I am very pro for an aggressive BF campaign.  It's not for people like me, its for people like her.

Maybe I'm a little irritated because that dimwit goes around spouting about BF'ing and going on the smug-attack without being prompted.  I can only laugh because she acts like its a badge of pride to formula feed--usually it's the militant BF'ers who are insufferable, not a formula-feeder.[/quote]

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