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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
I was alerted to this article on an email group I'm part of....I was AMAZED
and greatly disappointed to read the following: "The August 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine, currently on newstands, contains an article titled "20 Time Wasting Rules to Break Now." (page 136) What's one of the rules to break? Breastfeeding. The article states that with bottle-feeding, "you know exactly how much food the baby is eating, and Mom may be less tired because Dad has no excuse to sleep through 3 a.m. feedings." They go on to quote Boris Petrikovsky, chairman of the department of obstetrics-gynecology at Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, New York, as saying, "The biggest downside of not breast-feeding is that the mother misses out on some of the bonding." You can check the article out yourself by visiting http://www.RealSimple.com - use access code easyfood to view the current issue. I strongly urge you to write letters of protest. You can reach the managing editor, Kristin van Ogtrop by email at , or by snail mail at: REAL SIMPLE, Time & Life Building Rockefeller Center New York, NY 10020-1393. Be sure to include your full name, address, and home telephone on any correspondence for verification purposes.You might also consider contacting Clinique, JJill, Sephora, Eucerin, The Container Store, and Brita, major advertisers in this magazine, to let them know about your displeasure. Please make everyone aware of this shameful behavior on Real Simple's part." Please, folks, let's bombard the mag with the REAL facts...not some drivel written to grab attention & sell mags. Corinne ************************************************** *** When mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
In article ymHPa.38200$H17.11890@sccrnsc02, "Corinne"
wrote: I was alerted to this article on an email group I'm part of....I was AMAZED and greatly disappointed to read the following: "The August 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine, currently on newstands, contains an article titled "20 Time Wasting Rules to Break Now." (page 136) What's one of the rules to break? Breastfeeding. The article states that with bottle-feeding, "you know exactly how much food the baby is eating, and Mom may be less tired because Dad has no excuse to sleep through 3 a.m. feedings." Aside from everything else that's wrong with this, I can't, personally, imagine that bottle feeding is LESS time consuming that breast feeding -- assuming you aren't "propping" your baby, which is a bad idea anyway. I know I visited households with twins the same age as mine who were being bottle fed, and the amount of time devoted to mixing formula, cleaning bottles, buying stuff, and, in one case, keeping the two formulas seperate -- it just looked like a real time consuming effort compared to plopping a breast (or two) out. meh -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
dragonlady wrote: In article ymHPa.38200$H17.11890@sccrnsc02, "Corinne" wrote: I was alerted to this article on an email group I'm part of....I was AMAZED and greatly disappointed to read the following: "The August 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine, currently on newstands, contains an article titled "20 Time Wasting Rules to Break Now." (page 136) What's one of the rules to break? Breastfeeding. The article states that with bottle-feeding, "you know exactly how much food the baby is eating, and Mom may be less tired because Dad has no excuse to sleep through 3 a.m. feedings." Aside from everything else that's wrong with this, I can't, personally, imagine that bottle feeding is LESS time consuming that breast feeding -- assuming you aren't "propping" your baby, which is a bad idea anyway. I know I visited households with twins the same age as mine who were being bottle fed, and the amount of time devoted to mixing formula, cleaning bottles, buying stuff, and, in one case, keeping the two formulas seperate -- it just looked like a real time consuming effort compared to plopping a breast (or two) out. meh Actually, that's the one thing I agree with. My first child was formula-fed, and my second breastfed. The formula-feeding was definitely simpler for me. But then, it might have made my life "simpler" to plop the babies in a playpen in a soundproofed room and close the door. What's simplest is not always what's preferable. Clisby |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
"Corinne" wrote in message news:ymHPa.38200$H17.11890@sccrnsc02... I was alerted to this article on an email group I'm part of....I was AMAZED and greatly disappointed to read the following: "The August 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine, currently on newstands, contains an article titled "20 Time Wasting Rules to Break Now." (page 136) What's one of the rules to break? Breastfeeding. The article states that with bottle-feeding, "you know exactly how much food the baby is eating, and Mom may be less tired because Dad has no excuse to sleep through 3 a.m. feedings." They go on to quote Boris Petrikovsky, chairman of the department of obstetrics-gynecology at Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, New York, as saying, "The biggest downside of not breast-feeding is that the mother misses out on some of the bonding." You can check the article out yourself by visiting http://www.RealSimple.com - use access code easyfood to view the current It's telling me I need to sign up to read it. |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
If you go in through AOL, you don't need to sign up.
Corinne -- "Since AP parents are accused of "spoiling" their children with responsiveness, love, understanding, patience, positive interaction, intimacy and closeness, respect, and value - I have decided that spoiling ROCKS! Teaching my child that she ALWAYS deserves all of the above is the right thing to do, and I plan to own my spoiling ways. Baby Spoilers Unite!" --Jessica, iVillage AP board "badgirl" wrote in message et... "Corinne" wrote in message news:ymHPa.38200$H17.11890@sccrnsc02... I was alerted to this article on an email group I'm part of....I was AMAZED and greatly disappointed to read the following: "The August 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine, currently on newstands, contains an article titled "20 Time Wasting Rules to Break Now." (page 136) What's one of the rules to break? Breastfeeding. The article states that with bottle-feeding, "you know exactly how much food the baby is eating, and Mom may be less tired because Dad has no excuse to sleep through 3 a.m. feedings." They go on to quote Boris Petrikovsky, chairman of the department of obstetrics-gynecology at Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, New York, as saying, "The biggest downside of not breast-feeding is that the mother misses out on some of the bonding." You can check the article out yourself by visiting http://www.RealSimple.com - use access code easyfood to view the current It's telling me I need to sign up to read it. |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:29:08 GMT, "badgirl"
wrote: You can check the article out yourself by visiting http://www.RealSimple.com - use access code easyfood to view the current It's telling me I need to sign up to read it. I think this is a scam to harvest email addies. I gave it a spam trap addy and will be interested to see what happens. I saw no reference to breastfeeding in the article about 20 rules you can break either. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. Outer Limits |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
"badgirl" wrote
It's telling me I need to sign up to read it. If you get to the page where you are asked to sign up, there should also be a button saying something like "Newsstand Readers/Buyers". Click on this button and you will be asked to provide the access code from the current issue (the one that Corinne gave was easyfood) and an e-mail address. This is how I got in. I also gave a spam-trap address and still got access. I hope I remembered this procedure correctly. It seemed like I had to go through a bunch of pages to get to the article. Christina Mom to DS, 20 months |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
"Corinne" wrote in message news:bUIPa.38304$ye4.29625@sccrnsc01... If you go in through AOL, you don't need to sign up. Corinne -- "Since AP parents are accused of "spoiling" their children with responsiveness, love, understanding, patience, positive interaction, intimacy and closeness, respect, and value - I have decided that spoiling ROCKS! Teaching my child that she ALWAYS deserves all of the above is the right thing to do, and I plan to own my spoiling ways. Baby Spoilers Unite!" --Jessica, iVillage AP board uhm, ok but I don't have aohell Jen |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
Here's the reply I sent:
Dear folks, As a potential subscriber, I have to say, the "20 rules to break now" article in the August issue has just made me a forever non-subscriber. The Ob-Gyn who is quoted in the article is way, way off. The worst things that could happen to a baby who is not breastfed are myriad and serious -- not every baby will have an adverse reaction, but try talking to parents whose babies could not tolerate any of the formulas currently on the market and ask them if it was simpler not to breastfeed! It's not just a matter of missing out on bonding. They miss out on all the immune benefits of breastmilk. They are more likely to have digestive disturbances as infants, ranging from constipation, to milk protein allergies, to diarrhea. Babies who are not fed breastmilk are more likely to suffer from diabetes, obesity, Crohn's disease, and a number of other conditions later in life. All of this is very well documented in medical literature... which your "expert" has apparently not read. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends nursing for at least a year... but since your "expert" is not, in fact, an expert on babies, I suppose we shouldn't expect him to realize this. Bottle-feeding takes up far more time than breastfeeding -- when I was breastfeeding my son, if he got hungry, all I had to do was put him to my breast. Period. There was no preparation of formula, worrying about sterilizing or cleaning bottles, wondering if I'd brought enough formula with me on an errand, worrying about the staggering costs of formula feeding... and I could rest assured knowing I was providing the most appropriate and safest possible food for my child. I knew he was eating enough because he had enough wet and dirty diapers. My husband could still feed him when I went out, using pumped and frozen breastmilk... which I pumped while my son was nursing, so no extra time spent there. Middle of the night feedings were not an issue; my son (simply) slept beside me, and when he wanted to eat, I'd latch him on and go back to sleep. No having to reheat formula or keep a cooler beside the bed. No getting Dad up, and no lost sleep for me. I sincerely hope you will print just a few of the letters you will undoubtedly receive on this topic from other parents who are as appalled as I am at this terrible "advice". And I hope you will consider printing an opposing viewpoint... like the viewpoint of the entire children's medical field! Sincerely, Jan A. Heirtzler happy to have breastfed her son, and looking forward to breastfeeding her daughter -- because it's simple, and because it's the best. |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
This is what I got back from them...and I think the response was written
by a mom who is "saddled by guilt"... Thank you for your letter regarding the August story "What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen If..." We have received a great number of passionate reader letters about the breast-feeding issue. This came as no surprise to us as it generated strong opinions among the editors as well. Ultimately, everyone on staff agreed that breast-feeding is always better than not breast-feeding (and in the article we clearly outline the benefits) but also recognized that not every mother is capable of nursing for the 12 months recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. There are women who are forced go back to work after 8 weeks of unpaid maternity leave and don't have private offices or convenient, discreet stations for pumping. There are women who suffer from infections during breastfeeding, making nursing unpleasant and painful, and ultimately interfering with the enjoyment of their babies. This article was for the benefit of those women, who try their hardest to do the right thing, but are defeated by circumstance and subsequently saddled by guilt. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with us. We take your opinions seriously. All the best, The Editors *Please note that Real Simple responds to every letter we receive, and therefore, regrettably, not all letters can be answered in a timely manner. Please consult our website - www.realsimple.com - in the event your inquiry may be answered sooner. |
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