Joyce wrote,

<< Yes, it's given us another opportunity to educate the community about
breastfeeding.  But this situation is, IMO, about FAR more issues than
breastfeeding. >>

I agree with you Joyce, that there is a lot more going on there.  And though
at first I was proud of the bf advocates that flew to Tabitha Walrond's
defense, now I am even ambivalent about that.

Think about it:  the prosecution makes a case -- apparently a pretty strong
case -- for straight neglect, and the DEFENSE says, No, it was breastfeeding
failure, bf is so hard that a mother could starve her child and never know it.

And whose side does the infant feeding community -- meaning, me, and most of
you -- flock to?

I have a bad feeling that we, as a group, were on the wrong side of this one.
  We were so quick not to let a bf mother be blamed, that we would have
effectively let her blame bf instead of herself.

I myself will think differently about these cases next time, sad to say.

Pensive in NYC, Elisheva

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