Mary Kay, being cranky in Chicago says,

> .....I am seeing way too many women who
> want to "do both" and start giving bottles at birth. Usually it is the
> Hispanic ladies who do this, because they think they have no milk in the
> beginning. But I would like to know WHY people want to do this and what
> they see as the benefit. When I worked at a "yuppie" hospital, no one
> did this. It's really hard to be accepting and explain in a rational
> way; yesterday I just wanted to say, "so, you only want to give your
> baby PART of the benefit of being breastfed?" Can others share with me,
> whether or not this is happening in other areas? How you deal with it?
>
> Hey MK, I work at a yuppie hospital, and I see waaaaay too many women who
> choose br & bo.  And the nurses, of course, being very helpful, and not
> wanting to make anyone feel guilty about that choice, go along w/ it.
> Part of the problem of course, is that the mother says, when asked about
> what she wants to do:  "Well, I'm going to bf, but I want to be able to
> give bottles too since I'm going back to work."  Well, the staff assumes
> then that we will give bo at night and br during the day, supplementing w/
> formula along the way -- because after all, this mom is Br AND BO!!
>
> Drives me nuts too.
>
> So, not just in downtown Chicago, but in the yuppie suburbs of that same
> city too where it is cold and we still have the remnants of the 16 inches
> of snow we got.  I think it is only about 12 now.  Blech.
>
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC
Administrative & Program Director
Lactation Education Consultants
Wheaton, Illinois

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