Dear Friends,
I am outraged by Similac's new ad. I feel it is stereotyping mothers and 
perhaps racist, as well as promoting formula feeding in their quiet 
insidious way. I have written a blog post about it. 
http://bfcaa.com/is-similac-stereotyping-or-just-all-about-judging-us/ I 
am working on another piece about guilt and breastfeeding but no one 
really reads my stuff.
I was wondering when the article came out in the New Your Times, 
Overselling Breast-feeding, what that was about. Why would a successful 
breastfeeding mother bash breastfeeding advocates? I think it was to 
pave the way for Similac's new ad. And then a few days ago there was 
another piece 
http://www.elle.com/culture/news/a31429/government-supports-breast-feeding-moms-longer-than-formula-feeding-moms/ 
in Elle.
Is it fair for the government to support breastfeeding over formula 
feeding?
I feel this is all tied together. All of these are about breastfeeding 
crazies making mothers feel bad and apparently now wasting tax payer 
money. I want someone, one of you?, with some clout to address this if 
possible.
Thank you,

-- 

Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC, RLC
The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor
bfcaa.com

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