tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246662780121676632.post4869499881036994972..comments2023-10-23T12:08:10.952-05:00Comments on Pink Haired Momma: Breast Feeding Dolls?Pink Haired Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09351316968047246222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246662780121676632.post-41278384674939293182011-03-28T13:42:28.687-05:002011-03-28T13:42:28.687-05:00I actually think you're thinking about this th...I actually think you're thinking about this the wrong way. I went into pregnancy and had my son having very little knowledge about breast feeding. I saw an LC 3 times a week and she never bothered to teach me anything. My mom does not think it's proper to talk about that stuff. Had I known what I know now maybe my son could have been breastfed longer then 5 weeks. I don't think we should teach "ONLY BREASTFEED AND IF YOU CAN'T YOU FAIL" BUT I DO think we should be teaching our children how breast feeding works, that it is BEST for the baby, but that there are healthy and safe alternatives if it doesn't work out. I think SOCIETY is wrong in sexualizing breast feeding. My aunt let her kids watch the movie babies and explained to them how women of other cultures dress and feed their babies. Our girls are being brought up to believe that our breasts are for sex because that's all they see, because people HIDE breast feeding. I know so many girls who refused to even try breast feeding because they view it as a sex act. So honestly I think we all should raise our girls with them thinking breasts are for BABY first, and our husbands second. Not the other way around.<br /><br />Would I buy this doll? No lol. But would I encourage and inform? Yes. She wants to know about where babies come from breast feeding is going to be in that talk.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285525086889595753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246662780121676632.post-86881738970462073752011-03-28T12:40:54.141-05:002011-03-28T12:40:54.141-05:00Agreed! That's just sick. I was fortunate enou...Agreed! That's just sick. I was fortunate enough to be able to breastfeed, however my friend [who had her daughter the day before me] couldn't. Her milk just didn't come in. And I can't believe how many stuck up moms looked at her like she was cheating her daughter of something. We even had women tell her "you know, breast is best" or "Don't you know that formula will give your child a lower IQ and a bad immune system? Don't you care at all?"<br /><br />Some people are just so rude, and it hurt my friend so much. It was painful for her to suffer everyone's judgement. It's a shame.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00871304840513197549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246662780121676632.post-76459463603367677232011-03-28T12:26:31.015-05:002011-03-28T12:26:31.015-05:00I've struggled with breastfeeding so much with...I've struggled with breastfeeding so much with all three boys. they have all been supplemented to some degree, Judah the least since he's a total boob man. Ikind of hate the "breast is best" stance, it makes it almost unattainable. Like organic is best...but not always affordable for all people. I like the "breast is normal" theory better, because i think in terms of making it more accepted, it is "normal". <br /><br />I think the language surrounding the whole breastfeeding debate is really loaded. It's pretty much all or nothing. People say they love and respect moms who use formula because they have no alternatives, but hate the formula companies with a heated passion. As I see it, you can't have both of those things. If you hate the product i'm using to feed my child, you obviously hate the way I'm feeding my child....so don't tellme you love and respect me. It's condescending.<br /><br />So I breastfeed,and a I supplement with formula. I think there needs to be more women standing up and saying- Hey! I do BOTH! It's not one way or the other, the two can and do coexist. You don't hear it a lot, the lactivists don't like it when you say that.<br /><br />all that said, I don't dislike the doll. If I had daughters, I'd want them to grow up knowing it is normal- even if it doesn't work. I'd hate for them to have so much working against them if they did want to breastfeed eventually and I think when we talk about it and nurse in public and have dolls like this it's one step in the direction of people aking notice that it IS normal and not somethign that needs to be hidden away in the bathroom.<br /><br />(I know you don't think it should be hidden away in a bathroom, lots of people do though :))The Slacker Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936318300727606577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246662780121676632.post-69603763012831330812011-03-28T11:18:36.873-05:002011-03-28T11:18:36.873-05:00I saw this doll on the news a few days ago. Toy co...I saw this doll on the news a few days ago. Toy companies sure do push the limits sometimes.<br /><br />www.thewmparentingconnection.comAlyssa Asthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239497193206023769noreply@blogger.com