Today I am thankful for breastfeeding. I love feeding Israel. It is the best part of my day. I love the bond we share. I love the immunity and strength it gives him. I love that I have to sit on the couch while I do it. I love that it is causing controversy at the moment....cause then hopefully more people will give it a bit more thought. I love the way he looks at me when he feeds. I love the way it fixes anything that is wrong.
Bottlefeeding angers me! I do not pass judgement on the mother, rather our society that makes bottlefeeding seem like the better option. I have heard of people giving up and losing confidence in their breastmilk because their baby had lost 100gr in a week. Excuse me 100gr? The size of a rissole?? What is wrong with our health system which allows and often promotes an artificial method of feeding over a natural one? I feel so deeply upset for impressionable mothers who get advised to feed their baby formula, in my opinion they are missing out on so much. Believe me, I do agree that formula does have its place, but it is a place that should not be promoted by large multinational companies or our own healthcare system. I also do understand that some women can't breastfeed. I also believe that the number of these women is SIGNIFICANTLY lower than what many people claim.
A horrific statistic which I stumbled upon on a friends blog is this.....WHO estimates 1.5 million infants worldwide die each year because they are not breastfed. That makes me even more thankful for breastfeeding! And if anyone is looking for a cause to support checkout
http://www.babymilkaction.org/resources/boycott/nestlefree.html
PS.....facebook suck on this! Breastfeeding is NOT obscene
