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Nina Berry <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 8 May 2009 07:42:13 +1000
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"Her friend said something I couldn't hear and she said,
"yes she [her mother] breastfeeds her [the baby] when she is home, when she
isn't home she pumps milk - she has a special machine, do you know about
it?"


I actually find this a little troubling.  How is it that these girls have
the idea that breastpumps and bottles are a normal part of (breast)feeding a
baby?  How is it that breastfeeding in public is such a problem in Israel? 
My own daughter educated her entire preschool by setting up a beanbag and a
side table (where she put a glass of water the telephone) before sitting
down to (breast)feed her baby (doll).  She would often do this at story
time.  My 10year old son had several conversations with his mate whose
mother was expecting a baby, explaining that it is much more important for a
baby to be breastfed than it is for her big brother to be able to bottlefeed
her sometimes - and suggesting some other ways he could help his mum with
the new baby.  (And he was smart enough to keep his mouth shut when the same
mate told him that the baby had been switched to formula because she was
lactose intolerant at less than three months.  "That's not right is it
Mum?")
Cheers
Nina Berry
Australia

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