If she decided to post her breast feeding business then obviously she has no regard for her own business. She doesn't need a lesbo-nazi jenny mcarthy dumbass writing a long ass response nobody read. Newer generations are breastfeeding less resulting in kids with weakened immune systems. Source: 8+ years med school.

I read it. Shut your mouth you disrespectful twat.

What now? You basically just said that your personal comfort is more important than your child's health. You also basically said that your career is more important than your child's health. Are you really trying to say that breastfeeding is "anti-feminist" because it inhibits a woman's ability to get back into the workplace?

The fact is, breast milk is the most nutritious thing to feed your baby. Despite having things formula simply doesn't have, it is more easily digestible. Not just in general, but very specifically, a baby will best be able to digest just its mother's breast milk because every mother makes the best food available for their baby. Formula cannot replicate a unique food that every mother makes differently.

From your quote, "It is a serious time commitment..." NO SHIT! Maybe you didn't know this, but having a child is a lifetime time commitment. The first few months of it's life generally require undivided attention from the mother. Sorry if that got in the way of your oh so precious job, but guess what, being a mother IS your job now.

Another quote "...when people say that breast-feeding is “free,” I want to hit them with a two-by-four. It’s only free if a woman’s time is worth nothing." Does this suggest that the time spent breast feeding was wasted? That caring for your baby is a worthless pursuit? Not only is breastfeeding free of charge, it is a worthwhile endeavor that gives you something in return.

If you chose formula, I won't deny it...I am judging you. I am judging any woman who chose to give their children second best when first was available. I understand that many people aren't able to breast feed for whatever reason, but I am talking to people who CHOSE not to breast feed for their own (selfish) reasons. p.s. sorry I had to post so many times. It would let me post all of it at once.

Wow, six posts. That's impressive. And no, my personal comfort is NOT more important than my child's health. My child would be perfectly healthy being formula fed. I and my sister are both perfectly healthy, happy, intelligent individuals and we were both formula fed (I because my mother simply chose to, my sister because she was horribly allergic to my mother's breast milk). I'm not saying I'm just going to throw my baby in the gutter and hope it survives on pond scum. Let's not be sensationalist here. Formula has been proven to provide the essential nutrients a child needs for growth and development, and millions of children raised on formula to become healthy, happy, productive adults proves this point. Whether my child will have 2 or 3 fewer colds, or maybe score .5 points higher on some arbitrary IQ test isn't going to determine how I choose to live my life. Besides, I'm not inclined to believe a majority of the test results "proving" breast milk to be some miracle juice, mostly because most have been sensationalized or were at least conducted in order to prove a specific point, which, IMO, doesn't constitute true scientific fact - especially when there are so many other conflicting results on the subject. I feel like if you're in the position to stay home with the baby all day everyday for the next six months, then do whatever you please. But most women aren't that privileged, and so must return to work, or even - GASP - may WANT to return to work, friends, life, etc. I don't think this makes the woman some self-absorbed bitch. In fact, in most cases, it is the only option available. And saying something is free indicates that it came at no cost. In the case of breastfeeding, then no, it is not free because the mother's time is used - time which could have been used at a paying job. Therefore, whether or not one considers the time "wasted" (I certainly wouldn't, as, in my opinion, it is valuable bonding time and feeding time), it still is certainly not free. Not to mention the possible effects of breastfeeding on the family dynamic. Let's say the mother drops everything and spends 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with her child, breastfeeding, nurturing, coddling, what have you for the first six months. Certainly her partner would have to continue his job in order to earn money for the family (this is assuming the mother has a partner worth the oxygen he consumes). So in this six months, the mother forms a bond with the child that the father will never be able to experience. Not only this, but she makes herself solely responsible for the child's personal/emotional/physical well-being, while the father is more or less a means to an end - money. At the end of the six months, if the mother returns to work (would she return to work, or would it be more "beneficial" for the child if she stayed home and coddled him forever?), do you expect the task of childcare to be divided equally at that point? It's nearly impossible to suggest such a task. The mother obviously has more experience with the child, and so the father has no choice but to defer to that experience and leave the "mother things" to the mom - ie feeding, dressing, cleaning, nurturing, etc. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want my child growing up in the atmosphere of such a harsh gender divide. And I dare you to judge my mother for formula feeding us. My mother didn't provide us with "second best." My mother provided us with everything she had and more. She had to work in order to maintain our family, unlike the fictional "perfect mom" to which you seem to hold every woman accountable. She couldn't take hours a day out of her job to pump her breasts at her convenience because she had other responsibilities than staying at home and lovin' the babies. And, if I were you, I would never judge a woman on her personal choices (which, again, will never affect you) because I bet there are quite a few worse things that you - and everyone else - could be judged for in the end. If you prefer breastfeeding, then, by all means, breastfeed your own children - but keep your judgmental nose out of other families' personal affairs. Also: "One feeding session burns the same number of calories as running 5 miles." BS. Care to show some proof? Seems like some more sensationalized pseudoscience to me.

The breast feeding nazis have really become unbearable. You wouldn't believe how many cases I have witnessed where, like in my case, the breast-fed baby was crying almost 24/7, but the breastfeeding Nazis ruled categorically out that the baby could be hungry even if it didn't gain weight properly. Because, you can guess it by now, probably: breast feeding always works, breast feeding is always the best, every woman can breast feed, and if you dare to give the crying baby a bottle you are doomed!