Melissa,

I am just really curious as to how this woman has become a self-appointed expert on breastfeeding?
It concerns me that by engaging with her, we have agreed that she is an expert. The reality is that 
you are not even addressing the same points as one another b/c her knowledge is clearly limited. 
She cannot take you on when it comes to the science so she just keeps claiming there is no science. And
people who want to hear that they can make the choice to not bf and have no consequences are loving her. 
The other thing I always notice about these boards is that even the breastfeeding moms tend to be very 
poorly educated and often make invalid or detrimental arguments. In general, the average person cannot 
think beyond his or her own experience, so they cannot engage in generalized debates in a competent way.

I am not suggesting folks shouldn't respond. I might. I just wish LLL had not chosen to engage with someone
like her.

Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network LLC


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"OpposingViews.com is a debate website that various issues are discussed and
debated. They get experts on either side of a contentious issue and the
experts write up a few points for their side of the debate. Once these are
posted, the public has an opportunity to comment and react to the points
made by the experts and other public comments. And the experts can write
rebuttals to the other side's posts as well.

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A few weeks ago, La Leche League International was contacted about
participating as the expert for the "Yes" side in a debate entitled, "Will
Formula-Feeding Harm My Baby?" LLLI asked me to write up the debate points
and we have posted those. The expert for the "No" side is Joan Wolf, a PhD
women's studies professor at Texas A&M who wrote a long discourse against
the bf ad campaign a year or more ago. I believe she has been discussed here
on lactnet before. 

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I've written rebuttals for each of her points and expect that they will go
up on Friday. In the meantime, if you'd like to join in, you do have to
register with the site to make any comments. So far there have been only 29
comments from a handful of people on either side of the debate. Much of what
is here is pretty predictable..

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There's also a survey question: "Should you formula feed?" Out of 35
responses, 86% say no. "Yes" and "No" are the only options. There's no "only
if medically necessary" option.

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Here's the link to the debate:
http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/will-formula-feeding-harm-my-baby 


 





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