I don’t need to explain to anyone why I’m formula feeding
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Last week, mom Annie Muscato was buying infant formula for her daughter at her local Target when someone felt the need to inform her of the inferiority of her choice. Like most of us, the first-time mom only came up with the perfect response to the rude comment after the fact. But instead of dwelling on what she could have said, she took to Facebook, explaining her reasons for choosing formula (breastfeeding problems from the beginning; a baby who reacted terribly to pumped breastmilk).
“Dear Stranger in Target, You didn’t need to tell me, ‘breast is best’ as I was buying a can of baby formula, because I already know?” she begins, writing a heartfelt, brave plea for tolerance and understanding in the infant feeding debate.
Her post inspired a huge social media conversation (it went insanely viral, with over 48,000 shares to date) about judging other moms when you don?t know the full story. Other formula feeding moms responded with similar stories about the prejudice they experienced from friends and healthcare providers alike.
I not only loved the post, I lived it. My breastfeeding experience with my first child eerily parallels Muscato?s; it was what provoked me to start The Fearless Formula Feeder community back in 2009. Since then, I?ve heard countless stories of women ?failing? to meet breastfeeding recommendations, and suffering significant emotional consequences because of it.
Breastmilk is a pretty miraculous thing,...
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