What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
There are many women who cannot get their babies to latch on, or they do not produce milk. So obviously, you have to bottlefeed. So my argument for that is… Either you bottle feed, or the baby dies. It’s that simple.
However; breast-feeding is better for a baby, for us, immune system, and for many other reasons. If you possibly can, I would recommend breast-feeding.
However; there is a group called the la Leche league. They will press feed their kids up until two or three years old. I think that’s sick and disgusting. When a child can unbutton your top, to suck on your breast, there’s something wrong with that.
Yes, there is some type of scientific basis for children that best feed, they have a better immune system, and less likely to have common colds, eczema, stuff like that. I mean, there’s no guarantee in life, but yes… Breast-feeding your child for at least a year, it’s going to benefit the child. But when a kid can walk and talk, I’m pretty sure breast-feeding is beyond its benefit. And becomes a little creepy.
There’s a woman in my Bible study, and her daughter is at least two, she can walk, and talk, and then, during the study, she just walks up and wants to nurse. When you see it first hand, there’s just something about it that you think to yourself… This is just fucking weird. It just creeps me out.
Yeah, that’s nasty
Ok, have to say, that would creep me out also!
I knew a lady that breast fed her daughter till 5 yrs old. The little girl had to get silver caps on all her teeth.
Ha… I never thought about that. Perhaps you’re right, breast-feeding until the age of five could destroy your teeth. Crazy.
Well, think about it.. if she's 5 and breast feeding. She's getting all the bad food and stuff her mom is taking into her body! When we are pregnant, I would hope most of us change our lifestyles! I did. But if your eating, drinking, crappy food, sugary food etx.... and breastfeeding to that age! Yea your kid is going to have bad teeth! I could be wrong though! Just a thought.
Well, obviously, if the child is adopted at birth.My niece and nephew adopted a baby as he was born, they waited at the hospital. The adoption was arranged while the girl was pregnant. I nursed until 3 months, he was voracious and did not seem to get enough, I changed to the bottle, and he drank goats milk until he was 3, on advice from a great ob/gyn pediatrician, my goodness that boy could go through 5 bottles a night, there was no way I could keep up. His teeth are lovely, no issue from the bottle, and he is a well built man, not obese. Some women do not make enough milk, or have to go on medication as soon as they stop carrying. I think it is important for the first few weeks to get all that good stuff the baby needs. I also think processed formula is not okay, goats milk is universal, all mammals can digest it easy, and it has everything , the proteins and fats, etc.It comes in powdered form and is available for people who do not have access to the fresh stuff, I used both.
My first kiddo wasn't gaining weight, so bottle it was. My second kiddo was born with a cleft palate, so special bottle it was. The third and fourth babies were foster kiddos at the time, so no other option occurred to us (though bf is a possibility).
Did you know that there is a network of women who donate breast milk for other people's kiddos? It's amazingly cool. I once learned that a friend from one circle of friends was the donor for the adopted baby of a lady in another circle of friends.
I was formula raised and outside of a dehydration/heat event a few years back have never been to a doctor once.
Right now I would look at ingredients and testing a lot more than in the 80s. Never know what poison they are trying to slip in now
Me & my brother were bottle fed. I’ve been told I would dance when I saw Pepsi in my bottle. I’m a 70’s kid also. My personal opinion formula was pushed by the government, doctors and corporations. I haven’t researched this. Convince was pushed by processed food corporations so it’s plausible that formula was pushed. After all pharmaceutical companies make baby formula. I don’t know when living a natural lifestyle started. It probably depends on where you live. I’m on the southeast of USA and anything that’s all the rage usually doesn’t get to us for a while. It’s probably faster now with technology. I’ve seen organic house products on old TV sitcoms and I just found a couple years ago.
Once their feet touch the ground.if not sooner. ___ Dr. Jill, Chief Pedotrician/part-time babysitter, WH.