I've heard
lactivists say some pretty hurtful things to formula feeding mothers, and I've heard formula feeders say equally harsh and hurtful things to breastfeeders.
It lays it out in such black and white terms how much of what
the lactivists say is a lie.
Not exact matches
Cate, a self - professed
lactivist who writes at Eco Child's Play,
says she doesn't believe that «setting aside creative, imaginative free play for an instructional doll is the best for kids.
I'd like to
say I laid the foundation for my little brother to become a
lactivist when his own wife began to breastfeed years later, but the truth is, I was just embarrassed for him to see me nursing.
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.
you
say you have someones interests at heart but show nothing of the sort yes to a few but not all the same as you are
saying about her and
lactivists... in my eyes what you
say now holds nothing..
Rather than just
saying «we hate
lactivists» try something productive.
Using to promote her crazy agenda by posing in front of a formula booth and
saying you should use homemade recipes instead puts it solidly in the crazy
lactivist camp.
SUNNY GAULT: What would you
say is the definition of the term
lactivist, though?
Can I just
say that recently the Academy of Breast Feeding Madison wrote a blog about lactivism and the breastfeeding backlash, I think it was in October of last year, and what they
said that any woman who has just had a baby would probably see a
lactivist as the enemy.
I just see
lactivists insisting that low supply is rare as a way of
saying, «So stop being a hypochondriac and nurse your baby.»
In it, she chides
lactivists for their intolerance of tolerance,
lactivists who
say things like ``... [I] t is scientifically proven that breast is better.