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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just find it extremely odd that not one person in this thread has pushed breastfeeding or formula-shamed, but some of you really insist that that is what happening when a mother who said she uses formula gives her opinion that she thinks it is important to warm it up.

Disagree with her on the warming-up being important, that's fine. But you somehow saying that she's really a BF Nazi is reallllly reaching.

-Identifying myself as a formula feeder, lest you also accuse me of Breast is Besting you[/quote]

Because she is not saying that's what she prefers, she is strongly inferring that moms who don't heat bottles are negligent.  Look at her language.  "If you insist cold bottles are good for your baby".  "If you don't want to shock their digestion with cold formula"  "If they aren't sleeping well at night, try warming it up".  "It makes sense to give it to them at their body temperature to make it easier for them".  This language is harmful to new moms who are already struggling enough, and to top it off, her agenda isn't based in any kind of science or fact.  It's like an anti-vaxxer saying she doesn't want to stab her baby with needles full of animal byproduct but if you want to do it, then go for it.  The language is just mean, and medically incorrect. [/quote]

I'm sorry, but even as a new mom, other people's opinions just didn't mean that much to me. She's not claiming to be a doctor or a nurse, she's just some rando on DCUM being a rando on DCUM. If you take every comment on DCUM to heart, and have no critical thinking skills, then you are more dangerous to yourself than any "formula pusher" could possibly be.[/quote]

That's great that other people telling you that you were neglecting to to the best thing for your baby didn't upset you as a brand new mother, even when that person was telling you that pediatricians agreed with what she was saying (which is incorrect).  Many, many new women would be upset at someone telling them they were "shocking their baby's digestive system" by not giving them heated bottles, when they might already be feeling guilt for not BFing.  The bottom line is, why is this poster pushing this strange agenda?  All she is accomplishing is maybe upsetting some new moms, and definitely not spreading important information since what she's saying isn't factual. The real question is, why does she keep saying things like "well why warm up any food that we eat, since it isn't worth the time"?  Why say something so snarky to a new mom who is trying to feed her baby? [/quote]

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