While I empathize with the frustration and annoyance of listening to feeble
excuses for not breastfeeding or early supplementation and weaning, I'm not
totally comfortable with making unprovoked negative comments to the mother.
Although it may appear that a mother has all the resources and supports they
need to successfully breastfeed, often we don't know what's going on behind
the scenes, what spoken/unspoken messages she's getting from her partner,
family, in-laws, etc.  And we don't exactly live in a breastfeeding culture
here in North America.  I'd far rather put the blame where, in my opinion,
it belongs: on the infant formula industry, on health professionals who
won't educate themselves and allow themselves to be used as marketing agents
for infant formula, and on governments who won't legislate measures to
protect and support breastfeeding such as the International Code, maternity
leaves, human rights legislation.

Happy Mothers' Day to all!

Jean Geary
Fundraiser, INFACT Canada
http://www.infactcanada.ca  [log in to unmask]