You know, while I have certainly had similar thoughts wondering why a
baby is being bottlefed, I've gotten
more or less "over" this reaction over time since I now figure there's
just so much I don't know about the mom, her circumstances, etc (the
way I see it is there's a 98-99% chance she's either unsupported or
ignorant, which is sad, and a 1-2% chance she had a medical condition,
which is unfortunate.). That said, yesterday at the local Children's
Museum there was a mom feeding her baby (a VERY young infant--maybe 3
weeks)  from some contraption that allowed him to eat without needing
to be held to be fed. I almost cried when I saw him eating...It was a
smaller version of this:
https://www.bebebottles.com/www/handsFreeBottles.jsp

So that baby spent ALL day in his baby bucket carseat attached to the
stroller. From car to car with almost no human interaction. How very
sad. In my opinion, being held and touched is even more important than
how a baby is fed.

Gina
Pueblo, Colorado

On Nov 17, 2007 3:47 PM, Cee Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I know, Jaye... I'm working on my judgmental side, especially after some of my most committed students or clients had no choice because of some physical inability to produce milk or baby's inability to transfer it adequately.  Thanks for the reminder.
>

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