Elisheva Urbas wrote:
>Whoa!   I don't think anybody is saying to bottlefeed JUST because it is
>their right not to.   Rather they are saying that, in their considered
>opinion of their own lives, they actually do have lots and lots of reasons to
>bottle feed, and that our assertions of the health benefits do not persuade
>them that we appropriately understand their cost-benefit calculus in their
>own lives

I know.  and to me, this clearly indicated they are *not* taking the health
issue seriously and they do *not* believe there is a significant worth
mentioning difference in breast and bottle feeding.  Beyond how the formula
can says "Breast is Best."  I do not believe *anyone* who *truly*
understood and completely believed the risks of formula feeding would
choose to bottlefeed when there was nothing other than social reasons
holding them back.  I don't mean to make light of social reasons, it's just
again, if breastfeeding were seen as the bare *minimum* instead of the
"wonderful over and above sacrificing mother" trip social reasons wouldn't
be considered a valid reason to deny a child these serious health benefits.

-Wendey (studying LC, Breastfeeding Peer Support Counsellor)

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