Pam wrote, "..only 2 reasons (or excuses) why a mother doesn't breastfeed
IGNORANCE and or SELFISHNESS."

Acutally the 2 reasons why a mother doesn't breastfeed are Nestle and Mead
Johnson or Nestle and Ross or Nestle and any other infant formula company
that you care to name.  Although we may believe that it is the mother's
responsibility to be informed and we may actually hear mother's proclaim
selfish reasons for not breastfeeding, the actually responsibility lies
totally in this mega-industry's influence and social marketing.  Thus the
article by Marc Kaufman (who has written many articles on Martek's DHA) in
the Washington Post is not in my opinion a promotion of breastfeeding.   One
paragraph says it well:

"The JAMA findings could also have an impact on the infant formula
industry. A new type of formula, supplemented with two beneficial
compounds found in breast milk but not in traditional formula, has
recently come onto the market. Makers of the new formula believe
their studies have shown the added ingredients could be responsible
for some of the benefits of breast milk on intelligence, although
the Food and Drug Administration did not evaluate that issue when it approved
the formula."

One has to ask the motivation for this article.  Is it to promote
breastfeeding or to promote infant formula with added DHA?  Maybe you'all
think it's promoting breastfeeding but after reading many of Kaufman's
articles I suspect it is just another chance to promote DHA.  I wish we could
stop blaming the victims, the mothers, who decide to use infant formula or
quit breastfeeding rather quickly.  This is about our culture having bought
the idea that infant formula is safe and that this industry can imitate human
milk without any consequences to the health and safety of our infants.  Are
mother's to blame for believing the propaganda when it is so all pervasive
that it even makes it into the Washington Post?  Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

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