Read any post about breastfeeding and it's likely a mom who didn't breastfeed will get offended. Even if the words are chosen carefully, even if it's not saying anything negative about a woman who doesn't nurse her baby for whatever reason. We are sensitive creatures. Especially moms. Particularly when it has anything to do with our kids.
Mention something we should be doing or that is best for babies, and if it's something a mom didn't do, she's going to get defensive, she may be hurt, and it brings on that mom guilt that we've all felt.
But we need to stop. Stop this guilt.
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Ladies, may I have your attention please? I know what you're thinking. Another formula article? But wait! Don't despair!
Ah formula feeding ... something many moms must do to give their baby the best start yet many make them feel absolutely and completely terrible about it. It's the second tier of new mommy judgement -- the first being how you birth.
If getting your baby on a good feeding schedule is stressing you out, don't worry, because you definitely aren't alone. Plenty of moms (myself included) have caught themselves checking their watches over and over again to make sure that their babies don't go more than a certain number of hours between feedings. Doesn't it get kind of exhausting sometimes?
The decision over whether or not to breastfeed your baby is something that is very personal and also very difficult for a lot of women. While most professionals agree that breast milk is the absolute best thing for babies to eat, not all women are capable of breastfeeding, and some of them just don't want to for their own reasons. And that's ok, because every mom needs to do what is best for her family without being judged by others for her choice. Period.
Like most mothers-to-be, I had all of these highfalutin ideas about what I was and was not going to do when my little bundle of joy was born. I swore I was going to have a natural birth (which I did, but not because I hadn’t changed my mind by the time I was being wheeled through the emergency room doors, trust me).
Moms who feed their babies organic formula are banking on the idea that "organic" means safer from toxins. That's the whole point, really. You're buying food that's supposed to be free of pesticides and other harmful chemicals. And it's food for a baby, so moms who choose organic have those tiny, sensitive bodies in mind when they make that choice.
If you’re not a parent, or you are a parent who happens to live under a rock, you may not know who Dr. William Sears is. But have no fear, because I am about to enlighten you.
Whenever there is an article about breastfeeding, there are comments from moms about formula. Very negative comments. And vice versa. We have to all remember that words can be like daggers, especially to a new mom doing all she can to be the best mom she can be. I've said the phrase "breast is best," and while I do believe that to be true, it's not true all of the time. Maybe it's 100 percent true for you all the time, but not everyone is the same, not everyone has the same life, and we should all be mindful of those who do things differently than us. We should also realize that while some of the comments make it seem like formula feeding moms are lazy women who don't care about what goes into their baby's body (and that's just wrong), others are just commenting to encourage women to try breastfeeding.