Comments on: Go Ask Aunt Becky

By: The Art Of War

The Art Of War — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:46:41 +0000

…An interesting Post I want to reply to later on over at …

By: Pasc

Pasc — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:29:42 +0000

Babygut is doing an excellent job at that already. Woot.

By: Your Aunt Becky

Your Aunt Becky — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:41:36 +0000

I TOTALLY remember that with Ben. People were AWFUL to me. It was terrible.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:28:58 +0000

Oh my gosh YES! I had so much of that invasive crap when I was pregnant, maybe even more so because I was very young and had no wedding ring. Jerks! That’s all I can say.

By: Mama Cas

Mama Cas — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:18:29 +0000

Oh my. To the Momma in the first question….

Stop. Take a very deep breath. You are providing nourishment to your child so that he may live, grow, and thrive. How anyone can criticize you for that is beyond me.

Try to remember this: If you are enormously lucky, you will live to be 102 and you will watch your child grow to be a happy, healthy adult. Between now and then, you will find 29 bajillion reasons to feel guilty and beat yourself up. And other people? Will find another 32 bajillion reasons to criticize you.

Stand in front of a mirror and practice saying this as sweetly as you can, with a big, fat smile on your face:
“I don’t think that’s any of your business.”

Good luck to you. Enjoy that baby…savor every minute.

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:33:32 +0000

Before you judge someone, be sure to walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do judge them, you’re a mile away AND you have their shoes!

By: Your Aunt Becky

Your Aunt Becky — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:39:09 +0000

Good call. I always call the harshly breastfeeding crowd “militant.”

By: Your Aunt Becky

Your Aunt Becky — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:54:50 +0000

I was mainly trying to depress you, Ed.

By: Tania

Tania — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:45:28 +0000

I nursed my first child for four weeks. I stopped because we both hated it. She was formula fed from then on. She crawled,walked and talked extremely early. She’s now an honor roll student in middle school.

My son was born 4 years later. I nursed him for nine months. he was never satisfied with breast milk. He has been sick almost since birth. He had RSV, croup, pnemonia, ear infection after ear infection and was diagnosed with asthma at 14 months old.

So the breast feeding nazis can kiss my ass. The breast milk does not affect the babies health or development like it’s promoted to.

Every mother must do what feels correct for her family. Every family is different. As women we need to support each other and stop finding reasons to tear each other down!

By: Ellen M

Ellen M — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:43:03 +0000

Can we not refer to anyone who is not an actual Nazi as a Nazi? I know there are a lot of rigid pro-bfeeding people out there, but as far as I know, none of them advocate the mass extinction of the Jews.