Breastfeeding/Formula feeding: I support you [View all]

Awesome link concerning the ongoing "debate" that makes mothers feel shamed no matter how they feed their babies. This is near and dear to my heart these days because I have 6 week old twin boys. I was able to breastfeed for the first few weeks with not too many issues, but their appetite has surpassed my ability to produce milk (between them, they eat 56 oz of breast milk and 10 oz of formula per day. I produce about 48 oz of breast milk). If there were just one baby, I would have a freezer full of milk.

The only reason that we've continued with the breast milk (I pump a lot so that my husband can also feed them) is because I'm appalled at what's in baby formula. If I'm not going to trust Nestle, Kraft and Abbott Laboratories with my adult food and medicines, why would I trust them to make a quality baby formula? We use an organic formula to supplement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/i-support-you-breastfeeding-_n_3685881.html

We, as women, should support other women, no matter what their choices are (breast/bottle, work outside the home/stay at home, etc).