by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting

Australia-based midwife Jade Philp of Infinite Wonders Photography didn't realize how much judgment surrounded baby-feeding choices until she became a mom herself.
"It was amazing to see," she told BabyCenter in an email, adding, "And I did breastfeed. My best friend formula fed from day 3, and she is also a midwife so I really got to see both ends of the spectrum."
In an effort to destigmatize both breast and bottle-feeding, Jade has captured a lovely, almost-ethereal image of eight moms feeding their babies, in a sublime outdoor setting.
 

 
She hopes the intimate photograph of both breast- and bottle-feeders will "get women to understand that there is always a story behind each family, so to be mindful not to place judgment on anyone before you know why they have come to make that choice." It's a message I hold dear, as a mom who formula-fed three babies, and has been at the receiving end of judgment all along. I've heard it all, from a random neighbor saying, "you should have talked to me before you gave up," to "why didn't you at least try to breastfeed""
The thing is, no one other than my husband knows exactly why we chose bottles. No one else was there during my struggles, and self-doubting moments, and agonizing mid-night frustrations. No one else held me while I cried over why breastfeeding just didn't seem to work for me. No one else was there when I final...