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Originally Posted by amfay11
Please hear me out before passing on any pearls of wisdom...
First of all i know processed, and foods containing any GMOs are BAD
I KNOW THIS!!!
but please PLEASE dont tell me that my baby will DIE from eating formula for the first 6 months of her life from CANCER...
who does this? the couple of foodie, green-living females i know on fb...
I told them both my kids were/are formula fed, because i am doing what i have to do to feed my kids... i have a 5 year old daughter who is intelligent, happy, beautiful and healthy! She eats regular foods, and eats a variety... also loves chocolate milk lol
My youngest daughter is 4 months. She is a babbling, rolling, teething, smiley, beautiful, healthy,thing! she eats formula and also cereal...
They both have regular check-ups and are doing JUST fine, so why should society make me feel bad for the choices ive made as a mother?
sorry, they just made me so angry, and hurt and i dont know why i let em get to me...
Thanks for reading
~hugs
Reading your post after 5 hours of crumby pregnancy sleep seriously got me emotional that there are such horrible, self righteous mothers out there, saying such hurtful UNtrue things to other moms.
There is nothing nothing nothing wrong with formula feeding. I have two boys, one is almost 6, and the other is 3.
My older one was formula fed, and let me tell you, he is light years ahead of my 3 year old that was BF. I mean neither of my little guys are fools
but my older son had perfectly clear speech at 2 years old. He has been reading since about 2 1/2. He tests as highly gifted, way beyond his age level. He is going into 1st grade next year, but as of last year was doing readin and math on a 4th grade level. He is also in the 95% for height and weight. Absolutely perfect, tall, lean build, not skinny, and no extra chunk.
My 3 year old is typical. He turned 3 a few months ago, and his speech is still hard to understand. We work with him regarding, but its so strange considering our first son was speaking in clear full sentences at 2. Our 3 year old the BF one is also very small, to the point that we have a doctors appt next week to discuss this with the doctors and ask for some labs to make sure nothing is wrong. He is in the 10% for height and 3% for weight. He's energetic and eats well, but with me being 5'6" and hubby being 6'4" we are wondering why he is so small.
Anyway, my second son does have his strengths (he was a better sleeper and is more laid back, better listener). But my point is that physically speaking, my older son is probably what breastfeeding ****'s want you to believe is not possible with formula feeding.
By the way for this one I plan to BF until about 6 weeks to get my supple up, then pump and supplement with formula as needed. But no pressure on myself, and I will do what works best.
I'm so sorry that someone said such awful things to you.
It just amazes me with the parents out there that are beating their kids, the are having crack addicted babies, that are leaving their kids unattended at home to go to the bar, and all the other horrible things we read about, that anyone would knock a good mother for formula feeding.