I saw this on Parent-L, and just received the author's permission to forward
it from:

Cecilia M. Barfield, mother of Jessica (9/14/78) and Trevor (8/31/92)
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It is very interesting to me that so many parents who fed their children swill
feel the overwhelming need to justify their choices. You never hear women who
breastfeed making excuses for *THAT* choice...

"Well, I just *HAD* to breastfeed. We couldn't afford to buy swill. I was just
too lazy to wash all those bottles and mix up that swill stuff. I just
breastfed because I couldn't stand to deal with a constipated, sick baby. I
just didn't want to have to buy vitamins. I decided to just go ahead and
breastfeed because my dh didn't want to help me feed the baby. I didn't want
to have to look for a way to heat bottles of swill when we were out of the
house. I know it's lazy, but I just decided to breastfeed until he/she decided
to quit. I didn't want to have to get up at night and trudge around looking
for a bottle. Oh, my reasons for breastfeeding were purely selfish - I didn't
want to have to change those smelly swill-generated diapers. I just breastfed
so my breasts would be bigger..."

Hmmmm.

Cecilia, mother of Jessica (9/14/78) and Trevor (8/31/92)
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