Hey Liz,
The vagaries of communicating tone via email...
There is absolutely no self righteousness behind that posting or finger
pointing- just horror at the way this terrible event effected one family. I
should have however, included more detail on my thoughts. Firstly, it is not
clear that the "milk stop" was for formula or whether the delay to get milk
made any difference. However, if this were the case can you imagine the
potential choice this mother was faced with- stop to get formula so baby has
food and risk not being able to get away, don't get food and risk baby being
very sick or dying because of lack of food. What an impossible choice but
that's how things often are in emergencies- there are no good choice.
Actually I'm really offended that someone could think that I was pointing
the finger- I have a long standing commitment to infant feeding in
emergencies and in working to ensure that those who care for infants get the
support they need. I would have thought that I would have been given the
benefit of the doubt here.
Of course you are right, it mothers could have delayed leaving to breastfeed
an infant but they would not have been face with a potential life or death
choice whichever way they looked.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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Subject: Re: DId formula feeding result in the deaths of this mum and her
children??
The question above is posed, in response to a news item that a father in the
quake/tsunami zone lost his wife and two young children because (the news
article says) the mother had "stopped for milk" rather than proceed to an
agreed-upon checkpoint.
This tragedy is too great, the destruction too vast, the human terror and
heart-wrenching results too harrowing, for us to resort to this sort of
told-ya-so-ing. I am willing to bet there are women and children who died
in this unfathomable horror because they stopped to breastfeed, too.
There is much work to do to help the survivors, both on the ground (if we
are near and capable) and from afar (with our money donations). Everyone
who is inclined can offer their prayers. Breastfeeding women and children
will require the assistance of emergency workers, and those who are exposed
to radiation will need specialized treatment. I'd like to see the
discussions on Lactnet focus on these far more enlightening (though
sad) topics, than to cyber-finger-pointing at some young man, who has lost
his family, and no doubt his home and livelihood.
--
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
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