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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
This made me laugh...
I went online to do some seaching for a double stroller at the local stores... Just to get an idea of what is available where and price things out before wasting a trip for nothing... Went through basically the entire baby section just out of curiosity, if I need that item or not, more out of boredom. Stumbled across bottles and had to laugh out loud. I came across the same bottles we use for DD - these Gerber bottles... Under the product description, it says, "Gerber Comfort Hold Infant Starter Set is a must for the Breast Feeding Mom." Why bottles are a 'must' for someone who breast feeds is beyond me. Maybe a 'must' for someone who expresses and bottle feeds, but for a breast feeding mom, why on earth does she NEED these bottles?? ...or any bottles, for that matter? http://tinyurl.com/qzfgr That's the addy of where I was looking... Silly Gerber and Toys R Us... They'll try anything! |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
xkatx wrote: This made me laugh... I went online to do some seaching for a double stroller at the local stores... Just to get an idea of what is available where and price things out before wasting a trip for nothing... Went through basically the entire baby section just out of curiosity, if I need that item or not, more out of boredom. Stumbled across bottles and had to laugh out loud. I came across the same bottles we use for DD - these Gerber bottles... Under the product description, it says, "Gerber Comfort Hold Infant Starter Set is a must for the Breast Feeding Mom." Why bottles are a 'must' for someone who breast feeds is beyond me. Maybe a 'must' for someone who expresses and bottle feeds, but for a breast feeding mom, why on earth does she NEED these bottles?? ...or any bottles, for that matter? http://tinyurl.com/qzfgr That's the addy of where I was looking... Silly Gerber and Toys R Us... They'll try anything! NO kidding! LOL Little miss is almost 5 months old, and I haven't even tried her on a bottle yet. I haven't yet missed having her on a bottle, and it was the same for my first two babies. My oldest didn't have a bottle until she was 8 months old at least. Stasya |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
"stasya" wrote in message oups.com... xkatx wrote: This made me laugh... I went online to do some seaching for a double stroller at the local stores... Just to get an idea of what is available where and price things out before wasting a trip for nothing... Went through basically the entire baby section just out of curiosity, if I need that item or not, more out of boredom. Stumbled across bottles and had to laugh out loud. I came across the same bottles we use for DD - these Gerber bottles... Under the product description, it says, "Gerber Comfort Hold Infant Starter Set is a must for the Breast Feeding Mom." Why bottles are a 'must' for someone who breast feeds is beyond me. Maybe a 'must' for someone who expresses and bottle feeds, but for a breast feeding mom, why on earth does she NEED these bottles?? ...or any bottles, for that matter? http://tinyurl.com/qzfgr That's the addy of where I was looking... Silly Gerber and Toys R Us... They'll try anything! NO kidding! LOL Little miss is almost 5 months old, and I haven't even tried her on a bottle yet. I haven't yet missed having her on a bottle, and it was the same for my first two babies. My oldest didn't have a bottle until she was 8 months old at least. Stasya DS1 had a bottle at about that age... At that point, I was also 5 months pg with DS2, and I couldn't handle him sitting on my belly, so I put him in a bottle with EBM. DS2 had a bottle fewer times than I have fingers. He was basically exclusively breastfed, and then around 8 or so months old, I gave him EBM in a sippy cup, as he went to daycare and I refused to wash, sterilize, put together, etc., bottles and nipples (yea, I was lazy!) and I nursed at night until he was at least a year old. He had the odd bottle if I had left him somewhere for more than a few hours, or the time we went camping over night with some friends. DD wouldn't take to nursing, and it was the completely opposite experience with her than with DS. When she began to lose weight, and nursing seemed to be causing more worry than not and expressing just did NOT happen, I just went to bottles. To this day, I still hate bottles. She LOVES her bottles, though, but hates any type of pacifier... They're toys to her. She also takes a sippy cup of water, juice, milk, whatever, and has a bottle before afternoon nap and before bed. When bfing, I didn't once see that a bottle was a 'must have!!!' - I did go nuts with buying bottles and bottles with the first... I was young, I was unsure of how to bf, didn't have any support other than my mother, who was there to support me the first little while of nursing, and was always there to back me up along the way. My aunt was also a good support, after, as she never nursed my cousin (he's now in his 30s, though) and she, at first, did not like the idea of *gasp* nursing in public OR even nursing at homes of friends or family, but after a little while, she was totally for it! I think she likes the bottle idea, though, so others can feed... Even to this day, *I* give DD her bottle. lol Still makes me laugh... A must for breast feeding mom... How silly. |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
That's really very common--in mainstream magazines when they list
things you need for baby they always say bfing moms will want a few bottles and a pump. It's given me the impression that I'm the odd one for not pumping or offering bottles. I had a manual (a horrible contraption) pump when Emily was a baby, because I thought I was going back to work full-time. It never did work worth a darn--I used it the first few weeks with my first three when I was engorged and got a bit out then but that was the end of its usefulness. Emily flat out refused to drink from a bottle and since I only worked part-time she just waited for me. #2 drank every bit of what I had pumped when I went to the symphony when he was three weeks old. #3 and #4 never had a bottle that I can recall. When I had to supplement Lorelei I did not own a bottle or a pump. It's just another money-making ploy, IMO. Either that, or they honestly can't imagine a woman would prefer to feed her baby diectly if she can. Leslie |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
"Leslie" wrote in message oups.com... That's really very common--in mainstream magazines when they list things you need for baby they always say bfing moms will want a few bottles and a pump. It's given me the impression that I'm the odd one for not pumping or offering bottles. I had a manual (a horrible contraption) pump when Emily was a baby, because I thought I was going back to work full-time. It never did work worth a darn--I used it the first few weeks with my first three when I was engorged and got a bit out then but that was the end of its usefulness. My aunt bought me a manual breast pump with #2. I tried it out once to give up after I felt really, REALLY sore. Might not have been using it properly, but with #2, I had so much milk and was able to manually express a good 6+oz at a time, feed the baby and have him fully and completely satisfied. I found the pump to be a horrid contraption in my case. Also, it came down to the washing of extra things along with what was already too many dishes! Emily flat out refused to drink from a bottle and since I only worked part-time she just waited for me. #2 drank every bit of what I had pumped when I went to the symphony when he was three weeks old. #3 and #4 never had a bottle that I can recall. When I had to supplement Lorelei I did not own a bottle or a pump. One of the boys totally refused the bottle. DD got to the point where she flat out refused to nurse. Babies are so weird like that... DD was TOTALLY opposite in every possible way from DS - everything from the way they slept, how easy or difficult they were, how they ate, just totally and completely opposites. It's just another money-making ploy, IMO. Either that, or they honestly can't imagine a woman would prefer to feed her baby diectly if she can. Leslie Well, all 'healthy' things put aside, as there's no need to go there, I directly fed mine for the main reason that the thought of warming up bottles (EBM OR formula), cleaning bottles, sterilizing, running around when out and about looking for hot water to warm a bottle - all that kind of stuff made me nearly lose sleep at night. A breast for feeding is about as easy and convenient as it comes... Again, maybe I'm lazy... I just HATE washing bottles. Simple as that. Also, breast milk in a body just never really goes bad... No need to worry about going out and finding a fridge to keep it cool in (obviously this goes for EBM and formula - any type of milk) as it's always the right temperature, no need to worry about offering only so much as baby will eat with wondering if there's going to be waste... I'm all about convenience... |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
xkatx wrote:
This made me laugh... I went online to do some seaching for a double stroller at the local stores... Just to get an idea of what is available where and price things out before wasting a trip for nothing... Went through basically the entire baby section just out of curiosity, if I need that item or not, more out of boredom. Stumbled across bottles and had to laugh out loud. I came across the same bottles we use for DD - these Gerber bottles... Under the product description, it says, "Gerber Comfort Hold Infant Starter Set is a must for the Breast Feeding Mom." Why bottles are a 'must' for someone who breast feeds is beyond me. Maybe a 'must' for someone who expresses and bottle feeds, but for a breast feeding mom, why on earth does she NEED these bottles?? ...or any bottles, for that matter? http://tinyurl.com/qzfgr That's the addy of where I was looking... Silly Gerber and Toys R Us... They'll try anything! DS1 is 4 in august & DS2 is almost 8 months. both are still breastfed. neither have had bottles of anything. i hand expressed a little breastmilk for rice cereal when DS1 started solids & that was it. i'm not saying bottles shouldn't be given or anything. just saying not *everyone* needs to have bottles when they are breastfeeding. -- elizabeth (in australia) mum to DS1 "fluffy" (almost 3.5 yrs) & DS2 "gorgey" (almost 4.5 mths) "In raising my children, I have lost my mind but found my soul." --Lisa T. Shepherd |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
xkatx wrote:
This made me laugh... I went online to do some seaching for a double stroller at the local stores... Just to get an idea of what is available where and price things out before wasting a trip for nothing... Went through basically the entire baby section just out of curiosity, if I need that item or not, more out of boredom. Stumbled across bottles and had to laugh out loud. I came across the same bottles we use for DD - these Gerber bottles... Under the product description, it says, "Gerber Comfort Hold Infant Starter Set is a must for the Breast Feeding Mom." Why bottles are a 'must' for someone who breast feeds is beyond me. Maybe a 'must' for someone who expresses and bottle feeds, but for a breast feeding mom, why on earth does she NEED these bottles?? ...or any bottles, for that matter? http://tinyurl.com/qzfgr That's the addy of where I was looking... Silly Gerber and Toys R Us... They'll try anything! You know - I don't know the rules governing advertising conduct in the States, but under British regulations that could be challenged, as it's clearly inaccurate. Would that be worth looking into? All the best, Sarah -- http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
You know - I don't know the rules governing advertising conduct in the
States, but under British regulations that could be challenged, as it's clearly inaccurate. Would that be worth looking into? Though many adverts for Avent bottles are fairly similar, with the implication that if you are going to give a bottle either formula or ebm combined with breastfeeding, you want the most natural shaped bottle and of course that is theirs! Anne |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
i'm not saying bottles shouldn't be given or anything. just saying not *everyone* needs to have bottles when they are breastfeeding. absolutely, I went into breastfeeding not planning to pump or give bottles, I'd read up and knew that if I was going to 4-6 weeks was the window, so I knew I had time to make the decision. As it happened at around 4 weeks, I decided that with such a frequent feeder I was going to want to give some bottles (ebm) and bought the bits and bobs. Looking back after than developing postnatal depression that was the reason I even felt I needed a break, it all worked out fairly well in the end, I decided to work part time for a while and pumped for DS. We didn't entirely avoid formula, I'm not sure we would have even if I had been 100% well because DS had so many struggles gaining weight. Given I had all the bits and bobs and I knew it was possible to combine the 2 I did start pumping straight away with DD, mostly because I knew I wanted to go to a day long conference when she was 4 months old, but that was the only time she took any significant volume of breastmilk from anything other than a breast. If it hadn't been for the fact that I knew I was doing that day out I wouldn't have bothered at all and nothing that has happened over the past year would have made me change that. We're moving soon, so the bottles and pumps will get passed on, if we have another I wouldn't be at all surprised if they never had a bottle. Anne |
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lol "A MUST for the Breast Feeding Mom"
"xkatx" wrote in message
news:Wsrcg.30217$Qq.11297@clgrps12... This made me laugh... I went online to do some seaching for a double stroller at the local stores... Just to get an idea of what is available where and price things out before wasting a trip for nothing... Went through basically the entire baby section just out of curiosity, if I need that item or not, more out of boredom. Stumbled across bottles and had to laugh out loud. I came across the same bottles we use for DD - these Gerber bottles... Under the product description, it says, "Gerber Comfort Hold Infant Starter Set is a must for the Breast Feeding Mom." Why bottles are a 'must' for someone who breast feeds is beyond me. Maybe a 'must' for someone who expresses and bottle feeds, but for a breast feeding mom, why on earth does she NEED these bottles?? ...or any bottles, for that matter? I contacted their customer services. How idiotic! -- Amy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ My blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/querer-hijo-querer-hija/ |
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