Oy ... what did I say?

wrote and I snipped:
So ... I was wandering around the net the other day, and found myself
over on the Babycenter.com parenting boards. A rather unusual place
... Lots of moms with lots of questions about fairly straightforward
things (and surprsingly few helpful answers from other moms) so ...
being the kind of person I am, (and those who were here when I was here
a lot know what kind of person I am ....) I jumped in.
.........
I damn near tied my hands behind my back to keep from giving her a
detailed response, reminding myself over and over that this IS the
formula feeding board, and not necessarily an appropriate place to sing
the praises of breastfeeding ....

My sympathies, Naomi. :-) Yes, we know how helpful you are....

-Patty, mom of 1+2

wrote in message
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Sigh ...

I'm not sure which of you guys also wandered over there and put their
two cents into the debate. It's all fine and all, but I really wish
you HADN'T given the link back here.
(It's VERY unusual for me to post to sites under a pseudonym, but I
chose to do so there. Not that I'm ashamed of anything I said, but I
prefer to keep my ID there separate.)

well it wasn't me, I didn't even look at the links you gave, not sure why
you posted this in response to my query about early potty training, it was a
genuine query

Anne

Anne Rogers wrote:
wrote in message
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Sigh ...

I'm not sure which of you guys also wandered over there and put their
two cents into the debate. It's all fine and all, but I really wish
you HADN'T given the link back here.
(It's VERY unusual for me to post to sites under a pseudonym, but I
chose to do so there. Not that I'm ashamed of anything I said, but I
prefer to keep my ID there separate.)

well it wasn't me, I didn't even look at the links you gave

No, it was me. I'm always interested in discussions like this one - in
looking at the reasons why people feel this way, and whether there are
any ways of putting things differently that are more acceptable.


All the best,

Sarah
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"That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell

Jess wrote:
"Sarah Vaughan" wrote in message
...
Errrm, what?

Sorry.

Linked to your journal. Cool reading.

Thank you!


All the best,

Sarah
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http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com

"That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell

wrote:

However, assuming that people are similar enough, I would have probably
finally gotten a post like the last one you describe. This one is a
gem, because there I LOTS in it that is plain wrong, and scientifically
disputable.

If I got that post, I would go back through my research notes, surf the
web some more, and actually provide some quantitative proof that "formula
is not healthy for a baby." How fun!!! :-) Are you up to it? :-)

Wouldn't have helped (though it might well have started a fight to no
good purpose). This woman wasn't disagreeing with the fact that formula
isn't as good for babies as breastmilk, she was disagreeing with the
phraseology, as well as with the fact that it was being discussed on
that board at all. Posting references wouldn't have dealt with either
of those points.


All the best,

Sarah
--
http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com

"That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell

Anne Rogers wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

Sigh ...

I'm not sure which of you guys also wandered over there and put their
two cents into the debate. It's all fine and all, but I really wish
you HADN'T given the link back here.
(It's VERY unusual for me to post to sites under a pseudonym, but I
chose to do so there. Not that I'm ashamed of anything I said, but I
prefer to keep my ID there separate.)

well it wasn't me, I didn't even look at the links you gave, not sure why
you posted this in response to my query about early potty training, it was a
genuine query


Sorry. I simply used your post as an access point ... but deleted all
the content. It wasn't directed at you.

Naomi


Anne

Sarah Vaughan wrote:
wrote:

Wouldn't have helped (though it might well have started a fight to no
good purpose). This woman wasn't disagreeing with the fact that formula
isn't as good for babies as breastmilk, she was disagreeing with the
phraseology, as well as with the fact that it was being discussed on
that board at all. Posting references wouldn't have dealt with either
of those points.

Though there HAVE been a few 'there are no disadvanges to formula'
posts. Which is fairly ironic when you look at all the posts on the
formula board, most of which are of the 'my baby is so gassy/ I've
tried 6 different formulas and none of them agree with my baby/my baby
will only drink ready-to-feed but it's so expensive / which bottle will
help my baby's gas' ilk. If those aren't 'disadvantages,' I'm not sure
what are!

Naomi



All the best,

Sarah
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http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com

"That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell