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Posted February 8, 2009
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Richmond, Virginia
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Please Sir, Can I Have Some More Milk?
Humans are the only animal that questions what to feed their infant. Breastfeeding is natural and normal and is the absolute best thing to give your baby. I have breastfed three children and all without a single complaint from anyone, anywhere. The reason is simple, there is no need to lift up your entire shirt, expose your whole breast while your fussing baby latches on. With nursing bras, nursing style tanks and button down shirts, its easy to allow the baby to nurse while not offending any of those who feel sqeamish at the sight of an infant receiving nourishment. Which leads me to the fact that melamine has found its way into infant formulas, among those are Carnation Good Start, Enfamil Lipil and Similac to name a few. The FDA is trying to find out just how much melamine is safe for human consumption. I'd like to sit in on a meeting and offer some of my delicious brownies, and after the executives are wiping the chocolate off their chins, I'll say, "I hope you folks didn't mind the rat poisioning I put into the brownies, adds a bit of texture, but its not enough to kill you." I am sure the mood will quickly change as worry sets into their thoughts. So I find it amazing that people actually get offended if a woman has to nurse her baby in order to guarantee its survival. Believe me, most women don't want to actually make a spectacle of themselves but if you are out to dinner and your child wants to eat then you feed them. I certainly have sat on many a toilet seat in a dirty public restroom to nurse my now fourteen year old son. After that, I realized that it is ridiculous to sit in a nasty bathroom to feed my child just so I don't offend some old folks, or pervert, or someone who just doesn't have a clue. Feed your child when they are hungry, if it happens to be in the mall then so be it. Otherwise, you can always offer up some poisoned infant formula and hope that your child won't become too sick. Last I checked, you don't just poop out melamine, it manifests itself in different ways inside the body. Let us not forget those parents in China whose babies died or became severely sick due to melamine. Your choice ladies.
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