From a mom who tried desperately to breastfeed for almost a month before realizing it just wasn't going to happen, that stings, Talia. I will always, always remember the tears falling as I tried and failed to feed my hungry baby. It was awful and painful (physically and emotionally) as well as costly as I tried every therapy and option m…
From a mom who tried desperately to breastfeed for almost a month before realizing it just wasn't going to happen, that stings, Talia. I will always, always remember the tears falling as I tried and failed to feed my hungry baby. It was awful and painful (physically and emotionally) as well as costly as I tried every therapy and option myself and my lactation doula could think of. Plenty of moms who use formula would love to breastfeed instead. It isn't always convenience that drives the decision. And docs in the US and other Western countries have been promoting breastfeeding for a couple of decades as the best option, and regulations have been cutting direct marketing to docs. Dig back in older news about companies promoting formula over breast and you'll find the bigger influence was in poorer countries where cost and access to clean water were huge issues for parents who believed they were doing the right thing to trust the companies and doctors telling them formula was better.
Natalie-you are exactly correct. Back in the early 70s Nestles went into poor indigenous areas of Mexico and gave free samples of baby formula to mothers promoting it as being better than breast milk. When the mothers’ breast milk dried up the free samples of baby formula was gone and you know the rest…
I once had a job where the supervisor timed your trips to the rest room and you had to get permission to go. If you took too many trips or too much time your pay was docked. I didn’t stay long at the job.
From a mom who tried desperately to breastfeed for almost a month before realizing it just wasn't going to happen, that stings, Talia. I will always, always remember the tears falling as I tried and failed to feed my hungry baby. It was awful and painful (physically and emotionally) as well as costly as I tried every therapy and option myself and my lactation doula could think of. Plenty of moms who use formula would love to breastfeed instead. It isn't always convenience that drives the decision. And docs in the US and other Western countries have been promoting breastfeeding for a couple of decades as the best option, and regulations have been cutting direct marketing to docs. Dig back in older news about companies promoting formula over breast and you'll find the bigger influence was in poorer countries where cost and access to clean water were huge issues for parents who believed they were doing the right thing to trust the companies and doctors telling them formula was better.
Natalie-you are exactly correct. Back in the early 70s Nestles went into poor indigenous areas of Mexico and gave free samples of baby formula to mothers promoting it as being better than breast milk. When the mothers’ breast milk dried up the free samples of baby formula was gone and you know the rest…
I once had a job where the supervisor timed your trips to the rest room and you had to get permission to go. If you took too many trips or too much time your pay was docked. I didn’t stay long at the job.
Sounds like the 1970’s. I too, had to be right at my desk before the bell rang at my job. Guess where thst was? GEICO!
Early 70s it was