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Both my girls were bottle fed and both are very healthy . I bonded with them immediately,so I never had any problem there.

I agree it's personal choice. I didn't like the thought of either having to disappear to the loos or go home if a feed was due and I'm not the kind of person who would blatantly breast feed in front of people. Not that there is a thing wrong with it - I would have just been personally uncomfortable with it. xx

lol I breast fed a long time!..no problem, and whether it was due to that or not, son had few colds etc. and it's cheap and convenient lol

Rose x

of course its personal choice, i said, " in my eyes " i think its best

but of course there are lots of reasons why a baby cant be breast fed, on many grounds,

and your comments about the bonding, are probably right, if a mother is loving and caring of course the bond between mother and child is there no matter how when or where fed

and i hadnt looked at it from the adoption point of view,
food for thought, so to speak

xxLynnxx

Interestingly, Mandy, I was nearly five months by the time I was placed with my adoptive parents. I'd been ill for the first couple of months of my life, then was fostered so I had a routine by the time my adopted parents got me. (Apparently, the first night, I slept past ten o'clock when I was supposed to have a feed and they had a discussion about whether to wake me up or not.) I've always got on very well with my mum and dad.

But my sister came to us at four days and my parents had many sleepless nights which was very stressful (my mum slept downstairs with her because my dad had to get some sleep because he had to work) and I think my sister was quite demanding. She's grown up to have quite a volatile relationship with my parents and we are like chalk and cheese.

An interesting point, Kate. I too was adopted and my birth mother took great delight in telling me that she didn't breastfeed me in the 6 weeks that she had me (amongst lots of other not nice things!).

My Mum (adoptive) and I had a very close bond that was formed without the aid of breastfeeding.

Mandy :)

I was mothers help/Nanny to a couple who adopted a very young baby...she was offered the medication to bring on breast milk.

Whichever a Mum is more comfortable doing is best for both the baby & Mum.
With the numerous food intolerances that some modern children have, it may be said that the milk supplied by Mother nature is the best, as what the mother eats is passed on to the baby, so reducing the chance of food intolerance at the weaning stage.
The modern trend of mothers dieting to quickly get back to their previous weight/dress size also means that the quality of their breast milk could be affected.

I breast fed both of my children for the first 3months, then my body did not produce enough to keep them satisfied, so just fed in the mornings when they first woke.

I see all of your views and I being a bottle fed baby myself have a very close bond with my mum even now...its just from what friends have told us breast is best and it worked for us and no Kate no Mum should be pushed into breast feeding

Something that's always got to me (I don't think it really applies in the example I'm going to give) is, how adoptive parents must feel, hearing the "breast is best" thing all the time.

Being fostered and then adopted myself, I very much doubt I was breast fed at all, because - obviously - my foster mother and adoptive mother couldn't.

If I have kids, I would like to breast-feed but if it just doesn't work (which it doesn't for some people) I don't think they should be made to feel bad because their baby won't take to it, but the "breast is best" is being pushed so much I wonder if some mums do end up feeling like that.

I don't agree with breastfed babies bonding better; nobody is closer than my son and I but he didn't even have a sniff of breast milk.

He and I were very ill, he was born early and moved to another hospital before I was even round from the anaesthetic, and I didn't see him until he was 10 days old. He was fed at the other hospital through a nasal tube with formula milk.

They asked me if I wanted to express milk to keep my milk going for him later, but when they said that my milk would be expressed and then thrown away for several days due to the drugs I was on, I said no!

I had planned to breastfeed him, but it just wasn't to be.

I was in agony and it didnt do anything for bonding, as my son screamed with hunger. Shoving that plastic bottle in his mouth was the best thing I ever did. LOL.

i think Breast is best
the problem is some peeps dont like to see it in public

i think your right there colin

Seriously, our son was breast fed and seemed to develop a closer bond than friends babies who were bottle fed. Col

Vanilla" is great

I Think Breast is better than Bottle

when i had my first, no one mentioned breast feeding, didnt really understand it, tried with 2nd, caesariaen n really wanted too understood it better but me pumps had run dry, 3rd, she was so poorly, and was fed by the staff through a drip, personaly after talking with younger mums, i think far too much pressure is put on young woman, to breast feed, and men always want bitty they never grow out of it

Are There Different Flavours Hoff?( With your Harems You Should Have First hand Knowledge) Such as "Strawberry " one Side and "Vanilla" the other?.:o))))))))>**M**.

didnt i just know there would be some input from the " men " pmsl

but how did you feel to see your wives feeding your children, seriousley, im interested

xxLynnxx

pmsl Colin

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