I actually thought the article «The case
against Breast Feeding» was well written and very thoughtful.
However, very occasionally, I have felt like you must be over reacting, creating controversy for controversy's sake if you will - surely no one can be that
against breast feeding... can they?
The Case
Against Breast Feeding by Hanna Rosin appears in the April issue of The Atlantic.
This isn't a post
against breast feeding.
Dr. Amy is not
against breast feeding, she is against attitudes like yours that belittled new moms.
Not exact matches
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``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge
against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on
breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»
Yes, I know that boys are statistically more likely to get sick, and yes, the protection of
breast -
feeding against ear infections means less than 3 per year -LRB-!)
Breast feeding is wonderful but it will not give immunity against measles unless you recently received vaccines while breast fe
Breast feeding is wonderful but it will not give immunity
against measles unless you recently received vaccines while
breast fe
breast feeding.
However, the FDA recommends
against feeding babies
breast milk acquired directly from individuals or through the Internet.
Cover the
breast immediately after
feeding or try holding a warm rice bag or hot water bottle
against your chest.
Q: Do you see these books as representing a backlash
against your theory of «attachment parenting,» which says bonding early — by holding the baby or wearing him in a sling,
breast -
feeding, bed - sharing and responding quickly to crying — leads to a better long - term relationship?
Compared to a comparable study in 1995, pediatricians were «less likely to believe that the benefits of
breast -
feeding outweigh the difficulties or inconvenience... fewer believed that almost all mothers are able to breastfeed successfully... [and] more pediatricians reported reasons to recommend
against breast -
feeding.»
A. Kids usually nuzzle
against the
breast, open mouth, make sucking noise, suck on their hands when they are hungry and require
feeding.
Her message:
Breast -
feeding may not always be easy, but it's the healthiest option for babies» development and immune systems, as well as for their mothers» stress levels and improved protection
against some cancers.
Yet the Atlantic Monthly created something of a furor on this subject with an article by Hanna Rosin, «The Case
Against Breast -
Feeding,» in its current issue.
When a baby is
breast fed, the antibodies pass on from the mother to the baby, helping to protect
against illness and allergies.
Labbok MH, Hendershot G: Does
breast -
feeding protect
against malocclusion?
My formula -
fed 16 - month - old is a very bright, active child who has not had ear infections or any other health concerns that
breast milk is supposed to guard
against.
Significantly, in 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned
against using Domperidone for
breast -
feeding because of the possible risk of drug transmission to infants through
breast milk.
Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann has come out swinging
against First Lady Michelle Obama over her support of
breast -
feeding.
While few if any of those who offered comments were
against breast -
feeding, many noted that some women were unable to
breast -
feed for medical reasons.
Whether it's «The Case
Against Breast -
feeding,» the Motrin Moms saga or the latest article alleging that working moms are more depressed, we're in a never - ending battle of Mommy Wars.
arbaric and just plain mean for having my son circumsized, lazy and selfish for «giving up» on
breast feeding and for buying jarred baby food instead of making my own, abusive for
feeding my kid McDonald's, flamed for vaccinating my child
against the flu, the list goes on..
The video's sentiments have resonated with mothers; on BabyCenter.com, one poster, hugs4Jack, called the clip «hilarious» and said she'd been called «barbaric and just plain mean for having my son circumsized, lazy and selfish for «giving up» on
breast feeding and for buying jarred baby food instead of making my own, abusive for
feeding my kid McDonald's, flamed for vaccinating my child
against the flu, the list goes on... I don't know why we can't all just agree to disagree.
Feeding babies on
breast milk was going
against this new wave of «medicine.»
How to encourage baby to keep breastfeeding during this time: Skin to skin 24/7 as much as possible, if using a bottle used paced bottle
feeding and a nipple with a slower flow,
feed your baby the bottle while holding them skin to skin, right
against your
breast, switch sides you are holding your baby on each time you
feed them to mimic the movement of switching sides when breastfeeding.
Posting a dumb blog
against a pro breastfeeding picture during World
Breast Feeding Week?
I have nothing
against formula it has many good and bad just as
breast feeding does aswell.
I would happily mount a campaign
against any formula company that tried to undermine
breast feeding in the impoverished world, where there is no clean water.
It's been a wee while for me, but here's what I did: lay down in bed to
breast -
feed (or, bottle) so that baby is cuddled up
against you.
In the U.S., the rebellion
against formula began in the late»50s, when a group of moms from the Chicago suburbs got together to form a
breast -
feeding support group they called La Leche League.
Breast feeding is free and safe and protects
against infection - but companies know that unless they get babies on the bottle, they don't do business.
INTERPRETATION: The longer women
breast feed the more they are protected
against breast cancer.
Feeding your infant nothing but
breast milk for the first six months of life is the most effective weapon
against allergies.
NUK products are not directed
against a mother's choice to breastfeed, but are designed with the realities and obstacles to breastfeeding in mind, thus allowing parents to combine
breast feeding and bottle
feeding by use of products suitable for combined
feeding, when necessary.
Guedes, H. & Souza, L. «Exposure to maternal smoking in the first year of life interferes in
breast -
feeding protective effect
against the onset of respiratory allergy from birth to 5 yr.»
There are multiple hypotheses for the mechanisms behind breastfeeding and childhood obesity and one of them pertains to the poor self - regulation of energy intake among formula -
fed infants.19 In contrast to infants
fed at the
breast who may need to actively suckle, formula -
fed infants are more likely to be passive in the
feeding process, and caregivers» control might undermine infants» capability for self - regulation to balance energy intake
against internal cues of hunger and satiety.
How protective is
breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in infants in 1990s England?
The meta - analysis showed that
breast - feeding reduced the risk of obesity in childhood significantly... Breast - feeding seems to have a small but consistent protective effect against obesity in chi
breast -
feeding reduced the risk of obesity in childhood significantly...
Breast - feeding seems to have a small but consistent protective effect against obesity in chi
Breast -
feeding seems to have a small but consistent protective effect
against obesity in children.
Exclusive
breast -
feeding for at least 4 months protects
against otitis media.
Protective effect of
breast feeding against infection.
In the couple of years since I wrote my own case
against breast -
feeding, I have gotten hundreds of emails from mothers in a similar panic looking for comfort.
Trying to
feed my snotty stuffy baby was not the easiest thing — especially since I breastfeed and her little face would be up
against the
breast.
I don't see how anyone can construct this as an «attack on
breast feeding» that we should take a stand
against.
Howie PW, Forsyth JS, Ogston SA, et al. «Protective effect of
breast feeding against infection.»
It's not that easy for someone to make a decision about taking depression medication while breastfeeding, since you may have to weigh the benefits of treating the symptoms
against leaving the illness untreated as well as choosing not to
breast feed your child.
Your baby is placed on your side, near the
breast you want to
feed him with and tucked
against you while your arm and hand support his neck and head.
• Breastmilk contains special antibodies which help protect your baby
against infections • Breastmilk is your baby's natural food, it's easily digested and enough on its own for the first 6 months • Breastfed babies are less likely to have eczema and diabetes or high blood pressure and obesity later on • Breastfeeding helps you and your baby to get to know each other • Breastfeeding means you'll return to your pre-pregnancy weight quicker • Breastfeeding helps give you stronger bones in later life and helps protect
against breast and ovarian cancer • Breastfed babies are not as windy as bottle -
fed babies • Nappies are not as smelly!
Breast -
fed babies are believed to have greater immunity
against ear infections, respiratory infections and other common childhood ailments, and the less a baby is sick, the less likely a parent is to miss work, Connor said.