Formula feeding and AP are not mutually exclusive; I think these petty guilt
trips against formula - feeding moms and AP are.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Association of Family Practitioners (AAFP), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the World Health Organization have recommend
against formula marketing at hospitals.
If they say anything negative about breastfeeding, they will incur the wrath of lactivists but they can
rail against formula and most people nod in agreement.
Fact: her ignorant comments
against formula on her Facebook is just as atrocious as her picture.
She particularly took offense at «the immediate and inaccurate battle
cry against formula and formula feeding» on Twitter.
Here comes this article that finally makes me feel better, that I am not a bad mom because I chose not to breastfeed and I look in the comments and find again, negetive
feedback against formula feeding.
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.
Remember, Baby Milk Action and others have won
cases against formula companies misleading parents in their promotion of formula to the public.
Are you serious if you are
sooo against formula, what are you going to do when its time for your baby to eat baby food.You know breastfeeding is for the baby and there will be a time when breastfeeding isn't enough.Being a good mom is doing whats right for your baby no 2 babies are alike.
Wyeth already has a criminal conviction for breaking the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations and
complaints against its formula advertising have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Frustrated but not about to give up, Bartick and other breast - feeding advocates launched Ban the Bags in July 2006, creating a website and soliciting donations to help hospital employees
lobby against the formula - laden diaper bags nationwide.
With the evidence weighing so
heavily against formula supplements to human milk and in favor of donor milk supplements when mother's milk is not available, human milk fortifiers have been brought in as the new «necessity.»
Hospitals can take a
stand against formula marketing, following Massachusetts» lead and banning gifts of free formula or going as far as New York City and locking it up.
«It seems so hopeless to
fight against these formula companies, but at the same time, hospitals are marketing baby formula, which undermines breast - feeding and sends a poor message.
Certain writers do set out consciously to embellish the traditional crime novel —
play against formula, abandon formula altogether, expand the ordinary boundaries of the genre in terms of content or style.
They say it's «best for babies, mothers and communities,» and its
bias against formula is borderline illogical, referring to it as a «potentially harmful product to new moms.»
Please stop twisting us speaking out
against formula marketing tactics as us being against formula all together.
Some would wonder, am
I against formula feeding?
The post was a bit scattered, but she essentially wrote it defend
herself against formula shaming.