Understandable. But according to the CDC (yeah I know) 83% of women start out breastfeeding, but only 57% are still doing it by 6 months. If that many women can start out doing it, then they likely have the physical ability to continue with it, but other factors, such as going back to work, are hindering them from doing so. Perhaps if they fully knew the importance of breastmilk on the developing infant brain, as I was unaware before this video, than those women would not let work or convenience of formula be a factor when deciding what to feed their infants.
Is it my ex-liberal-ness coming out that I really don't like listening to men talk about this kind of crap?
I don't think it is. I've avoided a lot of these threads because so often people on here make you feel ashamed if you didn't breastfeed or make me feel ashamed that my daughter didn't breastfeed longer than six weeks.
It's the same reason I avoid the Roe V Wade threads. I have never had an abortion, and I am pro life but I know some people who did because of bad life circumstances drug addiction, abusive relationships. I won't go into the details but I see their pain.
I see men on here saying how women who had abortions deserve the chair, woodchipper, and whatnot. Not everyone who has had one is an evil person, not every mom who has not breastfed is a terrible mom.
Roe V Wade is just the start there needs to be affordable or free birth control for women who can't afford it. I could go on, but that's enough for now.
I know, my friend used to tell me how her husband would slam on the brakes in the car and if she didn't hold the children good enough he would beat the shit out of her, this was before car seat laws. Also if I remember right he used to hit her stomach so she would lose the baby.
When my daughter was with my granddaughter's dad he would also beat the shit out of her when I was at work it's hard and it's scary. One of her boyfriends used to threaten to burn the house down while I was in it.
I guess that's why I'm still single at 56, I just don't trust men, or people in general any more. They seem nice until you let them get close to you. I don't hate men, I want to find love but I think I'm just so broken it won't happen, and that's ok.
I had to really work on convincing my wife to breast feed our kids. In the end she was grateful that I did. Men are 50% of the parenting team and our input is important.
I have to disagree, because I believe most women can breastfeed. If they couldn't then the human race wouldn't have survived this long.
I breastfed all three of my children, so I know a lot about it. I think it's rare that a woman can't. If you want to succeed in breastfeeding, then you should not introduce a bottle, it causes nipple confusion. Getting milk from a bottle is a lot different than breastfeeding. Another thing that would make it difficult is to work. You need to be with your baby. It sets up the supply and demand factor. If you're not nursing your baby often enough, then you won't have enough milk.
If you have to work to feed your family, then yes, I agree that breastfeeding wouldn't work very well.
I'm not talking down to you or trying to make you tell your personal story. I'm just saying that I disagree with the opinion that it's often the case that women can't breastfeed. That's my opinion. I believe most women can and I gave the reasons from my personal experience. I think there are circumstances where people can't, but I believe it's rare. I gave the information about what would cause it not to work, not because of you personally but because of problems I've seen with how it went for me and for another woman that had trouble breastfeeding.
With my first baby, the nurses took my son and fed him sugar water from a bottle behind my back and he struggled to nurse at first. With my other 2 children, I didn't let them out of my sight after birth. They knew how to nurse instantly.
Also, I had a friend that forced her baby to be on a schedule, so she didn't produce enough milk and ended up having to put him on a milk substitute so he wouldn't starve. So, from my experience, those 2 factors, nipple confusion and not breastfeeding often enough can cause problems.
And yes, I think I have a lot of knowledge about breastfeeding because I did it for many years.
Understandable. But according to the CDC (yeah I know) 83% of women start out breastfeeding, but only 57% are still doing it by 6 months. If that many women can start out doing it, then they likely have the physical ability to continue with it, but other factors, such as going back to work, are hindering them from doing so. Perhaps if they fully knew the importance of breastmilk on the developing infant brain, as I was unaware before this video, than those women would not let work or convenience of formula be a factor when deciding what to feed their infants.
I don't think it is. I've avoided a lot of these threads because so often people on here make you feel ashamed if you didn't breastfeed or make me feel ashamed that my daughter didn't breastfeed longer than six weeks.
It's the same reason I avoid the Roe V Wade threads. I have never had an abortion, and I am pro life but I know some people who did because of bad life circumstances drug addiction, abusive relationships. I won't go into the details but I see their pain. I see men on here saying how women who had abortions deserve the chair, woodchipper, and whatnot. Not everyone who has had one is an evil person, not every mom who has not breastfed is a terrible mom.
Roe V Wade is just the start there needs to be affordable or free birth control for women who can't afford it. I could go on, but that's enough for now.
I know, my friend used to tell me how her husband would slam on the brakes in the car and if she didn't hold the children good enough he would beat the shit out of her, this was before car seat laws. Also if I remember right he used to hit her stomach so she would lose the baby.
When my daughter was with my granddaughter's dad he would also beat the shit out of her when I was at work it's hard and it's scary. One of her boyfriends used to threaten to burn the house down while I was in it.
I guess that's why I'm still single at 56, I just don't trust men, or people in general any more. They seem nice until you let them get close to you. I don't hate men, I want to find love but I think I'm just so broken it won't happen, and that's ok.
I had to really work on convincing my wife to breast feed our kids. In the end she was grateful that I did. Men are 50% of the parenting team and our input is important.
I have to disagree, because I believe most women can breastfeed. If they couldn't then the human race wouldn't have survived this long.
I breastfed all three of my children, so I know a lot about it. I think it's rare that a woman can't. If you want to succeed in breastfeeding, then you should not introduce a bottle, it causes nipple confusion. Getting milk from a bottle is a lot different than breastfeeding. Another thing that would make it difficult is to work. You need to be with your baby. It sets up the supply and demand factor. If you're not nursing your baby often enough, then you won't have enough milk.
If you have to work to feed your family, then yes, I agree that breastfeeding wouldn't work very well.
I'm not talking down to you or trying to make you tell your personal story. I'm just saying that I disagree with the opinion that it's often the case that women can't breastfeed. That's my opinion. I believe most women can and I gave the reasons from my personal experience. I think there are circumstances where people can't, but I believe it's rare. I gave the information about what would cause it not to work, not because of you personally but because of problems I've seen with how it went for me and for another woman that had trouble breastfeeding.
With my first baby, the nurses took my son and fed him sugar water from a bottle behind my back and he struggled to nurse at first. With my other 2 children, I didn't let them out of my sight after birth. They knew how to nurse instantly.
Also, I had a friend that forced her baby to be on a schedule, so she didn't produce enough milk and ended up having to put him on a milk substitute so he wouldn't starve. So, from my experience, those 2 factors, nipple confusion and not breastfeeding often enough can cause problems.
And yes, I think I have a lot of knowledge about breastfeeding because I did it for many years.