On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 12 at 1:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Pahtu, I'm sorry that you feel others are trying to make you feel guilty. That surely isn't my intention in any of my posts. It sounds like you gave breastfeeding a huge effort and unfortunately you are among the few women who physically cannot do it. You shoudln't feel ashamed or guilty at all. Just ignore the comments that are rude and know that you did everything you could.

On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 12 at 1:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Hannah, I'm glad you are asking these questions because you are severly mistaken about breastfeeding. Yes, my daughter has teeth. Yes, she eats lots solid foods but she still needs liquids for hydration. She drinks lots of water and gets her milk from me. Nothing strange about that. Her teeth don't interfere at all. Besides, a lot of babies get teeth at 3 or 4 months old and they keep on breastfeeding.
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And no, I don't breastfeed soley because my children don't have teeth. I breastfeed because it is optimal nutrition for babies and toddlers; even after they start solid foods.
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I don't see the correlation between weaning a toddler off a bottle and breastfeeding a toddler being wierd? You wean a toddler from a bottle because prolonged bottle use can be bad for their teeth and a toddler can typically use a regular cup. Breastfeeding does not negatively effect teeth. Sure, some mothers pump and give breastmilk to their toddler in a cup but HOW they get it really is not relevant.

On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 12 at 1:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

LOL Hannah. My 2 year old daughter knows how to ask for water, too...should she not be aloud that either? So how is it any different if she can ask for mothers milk? Nursing is not sexual or odd in any way, whether that nursling be a newborn or a toddler. YOU only think it's "gross" or "wrong" because breastfeeding a toddler is not accepted in our culture. I know it can be hard to understand and accept something foreign to you but it really is no one's business to be calling such a beautiful and NORMAL thing gross or "mentally wrong." I promise you that my toddler is only benefitting from still breastfeeding and she is perfectly well in the head. :)

On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 11 at 2:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Ugh, I hope this is a joke Dalmatia:
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""Well personally I don't see what the issue is. All you gotta do is run down to the K-Mart and get you a gallon of milk. Babies will drink it, I know cause my friend has a baby and she told me about it once. She said "Girl let me tell you..this baby will drink him some milk." So anyway why does it matter if it comes from breasts or cow teets? Milk is milk. Shoo'.""

On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 11 at 1:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

What is the point in posting that, housewife??

On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 11 at 1:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

And to everyone saying that it's a choice and should be no one else's business, of course that is true but our society as a whole would be better off if more women chose to breastfeed. It is fact proven that babies exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life have fewer illnesses.
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Here is an excerpt from a petition to bring Breastfeeding education to the nation's attention:
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"There is virtually universal agreement among health care experts that, with rare exceptions, breastfeeding is the optimal method of feeding all infants, sick as well as healthy, preterm as well as full term. In addition to the myriad health benefits provided to mother and infant, breastfeeding provides significant economic and environmental benefits for families, employers, and society by reducing health care expenses, eliminating the need to purchase expensive formula, and reducing absenteeism from work to care for sick infants. Excess health care costs totaling more than $4 billion must be paid by the U.S. health care system each year to treat otitis media, gastroenteritis, and necrotizing enterocolitis--childhood diseases and conditions preventable or reduced by breastfeeding. When prevention of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic conditions is factored in, the potential economic benefits of breastfeeding are significantly greater."

On Group looks for ways to educate blacks on breastfeeding

Posted on December 11 at 1:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I think it is wonderful and due time that WIC is changing their food program. I think putting an emphasis on breastfeeding support and education is fantastic. I was on WIC for a short time when my 1st daughter was a baby and the staff was pretty surprised that we were still nursing at 6 months, let alone planning to nurse well past a year. They didn't seem prepared for this and still offered the loads of free formula. We did get a nice blanket for making it past the 4 week mark.
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I hope the new food plan works and they scale way back on the free formula they give out. I know that in my first few weeks of getting the hang of Breastfeeding, had I had a can of formula sitting around I probably would have given up with BF and given her formula. I didn't know about La Leche League back then and had to rely on a little bit of family support to keep going.
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I don't think Breastfeeding is a skill although it really is neccessary to arm yourself with all of the information possible and have a strong support team. Getting to know other women who have done or who are breastfeeding is crucial. Breastfeeding should not be hard but when things do get tough (which they can easily get tough with a new mother, I know.) then having a friend to call or lactation consultant is so helpful.
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I don't know why the breastfeeding success rates are so low among African Americans but the fact is that they are and I am so grateful that WIC and the Nutrition and Health Association is doing something about it.

On Consider looking locally for gifts this Christmas

Posted on December 10 at 7:42 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

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On Woman killed in two-car crash

Posted on November 30 at 3:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Yes, I mean 5 point harnesses...not just boosters. Yes, WI law says kids must be in a BOOSTER (using the car's seatbelt) until 80lbs but I am suggesting that using a harness well past the law of 40lbs is so much safer.

On Woman killed in two-car crash

Posted on November 29 at 7:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

How sad. My sympathies to both families involved.
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And a note to parents and grandparents...keep your kids in the backseat in harnesses until they reach the absolute limit for their carseats. WI law says kids need to be harnessed untiil 4 years old and 40 lbs, but that's not nearly long enough. There are seats out there that allow harnessing to 50, 65, and 80 lbs. I am so heartbroken when I see stories like these or when I see parents letting their little kids ride shotgun, not to mention not buckled in. Not only is it against the law but totally unsafe.