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Originally Posted by MissChievous
If you aren't able to breastfeed, that's one thing, but not breastfeeding out of conveneince or soemthing I think is doing a disservice to the child. There have been so many studies done that show breastmilk contains a lot of important things in it to strengthen babies' immune systems for life. Children who weren't breast fed have a statistical inclination to be more ill in life, that's a proven fact. I guess it's just a question of how healthy and strong you want your child to be in later life.
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My kidlets must be a statistical anamoly then, as the two who were breastfed (one of them wasn't mine, his mom breastfed him until he was almost a year old) are more prone to illness, allergy, and ailment than the two who were bottle fed. My younger two, I absolutely did NOT do the whole breast feeding thing with, and they're two of the healthiest, most energetic, and remarkably intelligent (their teachers' words, not mine) children you could ask to meet.
Based on that information, to say that I did a disservice to any of my kids, or to say that I, through formula feeding the youngest two boys, have denied them something, is rather ridiculous.
Braden walked at seven and a half months old. He was crawling (doing the bellyflop boogie) by four months of age. The ONLY setback he's ever had was when his grandmother (my exhusband's mom) fell on him and broke his leg when he was eleven and a half months old. Even that, he recovered from very quickly and was again up and going fullspeed by the end of summer.
Braden spoke earlier than either of his siblings, and his diction was far better than any one of his peers. Even now, going into kindergarten, he's met with his future teachers and school administrators and all have remarked upon how well he speaks, his mannerisms, and the fact he's not a roly poly fatbody like so many kids these days are.
Formula fed kid.
Taylor is an athlete, swimming, running, jumping, climbing, plays baseball and switch hits, was walking before his first birthday, crawling before six months of age, and enunciating clearly from the beginning. He's off the charts when he's tested, and is actually, according to his teachers, well above his classmates. He reads clearly, understands abstract and spatial concepts as well as linear and concrete ones, and also isn't a roly poly fatbody like so many of his classmates.
Another formula fed kid.
The older two were both breast fed (one for six to eight weeks, one for almost a year...) and both are prone to strep infections, allergy attacks, asthma attacks, heavier stature than the doctors prefer them to have, ear infections, throat infections, colds, both walked later than the younger two, though Sarah's always had fantastic enunciation and motor control. Both of the older two are prone to feverish ailments during wintertime, both of the older two have had tooth problems in the past, and while neither of them are remotely close to unintelligent, the younger two are, admittedly, probably ahead of them on that.
Both of the older two were breastfed.
I really fail to see how a disservice was done to the younger two, because they were formula fed, instead of breast fed. How healthy do I want my kids to be later in life? That's a ridiculous question.
Essentially, you just called me, and every mother on here who has stated that breastfeeding (which, if you had ever done it you would know is NOT a comfortable painfree experience, particularly if there are any latching problems or you have inverted nipples...) is not their chosen method of childrearing, a bad mother, and honestly, it's quite offensive.
