I agree that a sense of fault is attached to the word 'failed'.
'Unsuccessful' is more neutral. Which word to use depends on the
message--connotations as well as denotations--that we mean to convey.
Here are a few other phrases to consider:
involuntary weaning
involuntarily scrubbed
inadvertent weaning
inadvertently scrapped
unwilling weaning
lactation subverted by . . .
breastfeeding undermined by . . .
unintentional weaning
unintentionally terminated
Recalling the LACTNET discussion of better terms for formula, I remember
the startled expressions of some people when they heard an unexpected
phrase such as 'artificial infant food' and I'm sure it got them
thinking a little bit.
Some of us don't speak English as a native language. I'd like to hear
what is said in other languages.
Alice Martino Roddy
in central New York State
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