tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post88714339924883363..comments2024-03-27T06:58:00.659-05:00Comments on Balancing Jane: Does the “Breast is Best” campaign alienate fathers?Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-49083598484867656542011-05-28T23:06:12.206-05:002011-05-28T23:06:12.206-05:00Glad to hear from a long time lurker! And you'...Glad to hear from a long time lurker! And you're so right about that polarization of the argument. It extends to practically every parenting debate, too.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-61002463560662414582011-05-27T02:03:32.228-05:002011-05-27T02:03:32.228-05:00(Long time lurker here!) I'll be returning to ...(Long time lurker here!) I'll be returning to full time work after 3 months, and my husband quitting work at our 1st child's birth. I plan to be pumping milk for him to feel our child with out of a bottle. We are both thrilled with this - that he gets to feed the baby too. I have been surprised by the dichotomy people/institutions promote - either breast, or, bottle-fed-formula. I find this incredibly frustrating for similar reasons - there is a real benefit to bottle feeding breastmilk, a) if it's the only way for baby to get breastmilk, and b) if it includes other important people in the baby's life. It irritates me that it's either "wonderful breastmilk straight out of the breast", or, "well, I guess you'll be bottle feeding formula then". Argh!Naomi Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772793919966289027noreply@blogger.com