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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop harping about what what Nestle did in the 1980s when it is now 2023. The baby friendly initiative is the new Nestle. And even if aggressive breastfeeding promotion may be more justified in other developing countries it does not justify the immense pressure in this country. So much harm in the past two decades making babies go hungry in the name of breastfeeding. [/quote]

Stop harping on Nestle…a company promoting a food for babies… knowingly endangering and killing babies? Really. Is it because they were black and poor that we should stop harping? Or because it hurts your feelings that the company making billions doesn’t actually care about the safety of your child? [/quote]

Because they harmed babies forty fifty years ago. What is harming babies now is the unethical paternalistic and sometimes colonial aggressive push of breastfeeding. Since my child dehydrated when I was a first time mom why yes I feel strongly about it. [/quote]

I'm sorry you had that experience, it must have been scary. But I think BF-vs.-Formula Moms is a manufactured debate that pulls focus from the real societal issues that many PPs have brought up here: clean water. food safety. maternity leave. hospital and post-partum support for new parents. Formula is a blessing for moms who can't BF for whatever reason. Anecdotally, being able to BF relatively easily was a blessing *for me* when my older DD had myriad protein intolerances that would have made formula feeding extremely difficult and expensive (and may not have even worked while her immature GI tract was so wrecked). It's not surprising that companies want to sell more product and dodge regulations. [b]It's not surprising that industry/society wants women to return to working ASAP and not be hamstrung by a nursing infant. [/b]But we don't have to accept those things as inevitable, because they obviously have bad outcomes for babies and families regardless of how the babies ultimately end up fed.[/quote]

Many women WANT to return to work. Breastfeeding advocates are sexist POSs that do everything in their power to make that process as difficult as possible. They can go F&CK themselves.[/quote]

Wow, you've got a lot of pent up feelings.[/quote]

"Stop being so emotional, women are so hysterical."[/quote]

Not women, just you. Whatever your sex.[/quote]

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