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Kerri says:
<<I am just so saddened to read the outline of this book. It will be
marketed
as a main-stream bible of infant feeding. It sounds like the publishers
have
really big plans. Ugghh.>>
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This book was originally published in 1996 by Pima Press. Apparently it is
now going to be republished (edition 2 -- I see there are going to be 10
chapters instead of the current 7), by Adler & Robin Books (yes, Peggy Robin, the
author of the book is the "vice president" of this company).
If you read down the page of the URL that Kerri shared with us, you will see
that our very own Diane Weissinger is mentioned -- Here's the full quote:
Implicit in such books is the idea that the bottlefeeding mother is an
inferior parent. It's not hard to see how the nursing mothers who read these books
can end up feeling smug-and how easily they might end up saying thing to
make the bottlefeeding mother feel guilty. To get an idea of what bottlefeeding
mothers are up against, let's just take a quick look at a few letters to the
editors that have appeared in recent magazines and newspapers:
The World Health Organization and UNICEF rank acceptable infant feedings as
follows: first, breastfeeding; second, the mother's own milk expressed for
her child; third, milk from another human mother; and fourth, artificial baby
milk. No baby deserves fourth best, whatever the circumstances.
-Diane Wiessinger
Right on Diane!! Even when we have to use formula for whatever reason, it
is STILL fourth best.
The book was bad in 1996. I don't see any reason why it should have any
redeeming qualities in 2005.
Jan Barger -- GranJan to formula fed Deven which distresses us all very
much, and for whom formula was definitely a fourth choice. Sigh. By the way,
he's now had his first two solid foods -- watermelon and part of an Auntie
Anne's pretzel. With formula, his gut is already in an adult flora state, so
even though he's only 5 months, what the heck.
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