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Re: NYC Mayor putting formula under lock and key
This is so true Amber. NYC, go above and beyond re: maternity leave if you want those mothers to bf. I dream of the day the US does something with leave the way most civilized countries do re: a decent amount of paid leave for new mothers.
Who could disagree with that! Although I'll be a tiny bit bitter that we missed out
Me too! Although I think the bigger deterrent for a working mom is that most daycare centers will not allow cloth diapers. I searched high-and-low but couldn't find a single center in my area when i went back to work after DD#1.
Formula is locked at Bottom Dollar. I assumed to prevent theft since it is a pricey item??
hmmmm....
I didnt read that article but I dont think that is the way to promote breast feeding. I think most people know it is "good for you" but not everyone is cut out for it, or has luck with it for many reasons- locking it up just makes it more of a pain to shop with an infant waiting around for someone to get it for you! I dont think people are going to say- "ahhh well crap, that is too much work- I think I'll just breast feed"
ETA:Ok so by not reading the article first I missed that is this just hospitals???. I assumed it was everywhere. Sincehe is trying to regulate your drink size I thought he would be crazy enough to do that too. lol.
Married, September 23, 2006
I am one of the few, who probably thinks this is a good idea... I wish we had
Something like this is Pa(especially 4yrs ago)!! The way I feel is primarily due to
Mmy experience with Faith in the the hospital vs with Robbie! With Faith I had expressed wanting to breastfeed and got little to no support in feeding her, instead of them bringing her to me for her to eat first the hospital FED her Formula against my wishes!! So we had issues from breastfeeding from day 1 due to this!!! Where with Robbie they were extremely proactive with me about my breastfeeding...ensuring I had a lot of support and resources available and removed all formula from his cart and offered me a sample bag as a just in case...but as the nurses said who were with me from the get go, they said "we mainly want you to have something just in case you are out and are afraid of breastfeeding in public, we know some moms are scared to do that at first and more than likely e won't touch it since it is not mommy!".... So for me as a breastfeeding mom who was faced with an uphill battle with my first due to a hospital forcing formula, I say good job NY!! And would love to see some more hospitals around here taking a stance like NY, because we are all going to be hit with new charges once the new Obamacare stuff takes effect....
He wants to ban big cokes/sodas because they aid in obesity.
Sooo..... What about milkshakes? Packages of candy and cookies? The list could go on and on.
So, what this communist moron thinks about formula versus BFing, and telling me what to eat or feed my baby, really is out of line. And shame on the councils who pass these bans for supporting this idiot.
How about holding people responsible for their own actions, for once, instead of blaming Corporate America? And how about educating the public to make the best decision for themselves and their families?
My three sons!
U.S. Olympic uniforms being made in China?
Chick-fil-a?
The upcoming election?
How horrible baby names have become?
Are the Bucs for real this year?
What's going on with Chick-fil-a?
I'm a proponent of the free formula and here's why: When I first became a mom (almost 13 years ago!) I had every intention of BFing. Our first night home was ROUGH. My girl was getting NOTHING. I had a hungry,screaming 4 day old in an old apt building with thin walls! I had no idea how to comfort her. I called my mom over at 4am and she suggested we give her a bottle of the FREE formula we just happened to have from the hospital. Thanks to that my baby was fed and we were all able to get some sleep! The lactation consultant came to our house a few days later and we got the hang of BFing which we did successfully for 4 months.
Just my experience/2cents
Oh and the ear infection thing? None of my 4 bottle fed babies ever had one!
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I just read this post from an LC. I thought it was nicely written.
http://phdoula.blogspot.com/2012/08/reply-turned-post-nightmarish-vision-of.html?m=1
Thanks for posting! I wholeheartedly agree with her. And she hits on some great things like the fact that staff can be pushy in both directions. I know FFers feel that they are made to feel guilty and don't want that to be any worse but the flip side is that BFers don't have as much support as they should and a lot of times staff are completely uneducated in BFing and push formula when they really shouldn't (she hits on this as well when she says how she discusses parents concerns about baby not getting enough).
I agree.
I was not conscious for the first couple of hours of Heather's life thanks to my emergency c-section under general anesthesia - and I am VERY thankful that no one bullied DH to feed her formula before I woke up. The experience was very stressful for DH and he had no baby experience, so in that vulnerable moment he probably would have done anything the nurses recommended...even though we both wanted to start with exclusive bfing.
I'm sure my opinion on this is skewed by experience as well. I was made to feel bad by several nurses when L was hospitalized with jaundice b/c it was "BFing jaundice" and I was refusing formula. I also had a nurse storm out of my room in the middle of my first night with Lanna when I was struggling to latch her (she was only 37.5 wks), proclaiming that brunettes ususally aren't "so sensitive" to nipple pain. She then returned with a bottle of formula for us if I decided I wanted to try it. The guilt/pressure definitely goes both ways, which is why I think that anything that gets hospitals talking about how they want their staff to approach the topic is probably a good thing!
Agree.
Totally.