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Sep. 4th, 2011 10:56 amThe more I read the breastfeeding community on lj the less guilty I feel about formula feeding. I know I did what I could. In the beginning, I felt guilty but I don't at all anymore. Ziva is happy and healthy and thriving. Sure, the money saving would've been nice but, hey, you do what you can.
There's a post over there now about formula feeding and people are attacking the poster and saying that formula is harmful to babies and the worst possible thing ever. Millions and millions of babies have survived and thrived on formula - how can it be harmful to them? Generations (especially in the US) lived on formula and still made intelligent, well adjusted people.
I may not be able to put my child on my breast, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know I'm her mom. She hears my voice and goes looking for it. I love her and we bond. We look at each other during every feeding, every cuddle, and every coo. It's just such bullshit to me when people go overboard and assume that because you're giving your child formula in a bottle, you obviously don't like them and you'll never have the relationship you would have had if you had breastfed. Ziva doesn't care what's in her bottle or where her food comes from as long as she's getting it and gets her cuddles.
There's a post over there now about formula feeding and people are attacking the poster and saying that formula is harmful to babies and the worst possible thing ever. Millions and millions of babies have survived and thrived on formula - how can it be harmful to them? Generations (especially in the US) lived on formula and still made intelligent, well adjusted people.
I may not be able to put my child on my breast, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know I'm her mom. She hears my voice and goes looking for it. I love her and we bond. We look at each other during every feeding, every cuddle, and every coo. It's just such bullshit to me when people go overboard and assume that because you're giving your child formula in a bottle, you obviously don't like them and you'll never have the relationship you would have had if you had breastfed. Ziva doesn't care what's in her bottle or where her food comes from as long as she's getting it and gets her cuddles.
