I just read this and thought that all the mm members who are recent mothers, or are going to be, might want to know about this, in case you don't already know about it, and you might like to make sure any other nursing mothers that you know are made aware of it, as this includes Spain, and is therefore relevant.
Agreed, am I'm pissed, though not surprised that they were trying to sell the idea that formula is better than breast milk. However there is the rather sensitive issue when a mother can't produce enough milk for her baby and thats when formula becomes essencial. Unless you know a wet nurse.
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I could write a whole long post about this one but I will save it. But it is funny/curious how in the states bf in public is looked down upon by so many people and here if you tell the nurse at the hospital that you arent going to bf then it is like saying you are going to beat your kid. I definitely think bf is the best and I have bf my son for the last 7 months and will continue til at least a year, but I dont think the extremist approach is healthy either. In the end you have to do what is best for the baby and also what is best for the mom. Sometimes a compromise has to take place for those two to work out. But you cant say that to my spanish husband who thinks that any mother who doesnt breastfeed doesnt love their kid.
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I´ve had two children and breastfed both of them. My daughter till she was just short of 24 months and my son till he was just a few days short of 12 months. They both chose for themselves when they wanted to stop feeding, and I worry a bit Jamie that you say you're are going to feed till your son is 12 months. If he decides before that time that he has had enough, then IMO you must abide by that.
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madsue, i think Jamie meant that she would bf until 12 months but i doubt she would force him to bf if he decides he has had enough.
oh and how does the child tell you he/she has had enough? do they communicate it to you in an official letter...
quote:
"dearest mother figure.
via this letter, i am now officially notifying you that i, your newborn son/daughter, have had enough of the breastfeeding so please refrain from offering or i shall see myself obligated to take legal measures".
You really really do not want to know how mine communicated to me that bfeeding was off the menu Just that I wonder sometimes if I didn´t pick up on the signals from my daughter soon enough, being the first time mum I was!!!!
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You really really do not want to know how mine communicated to me that bfeeding was off the menu 
Just that I wonder sometimes if I didn´t pick up on the signals from my daughter soon enough, being the first time mum I was!!!!
