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Summary: If you are having problems breastfeeding
Review: Then read one of the books which teaches you different approaches or alternative holds, or call la leche, or find a local lactation consultant; don't just give up on something that is so important for your baby, just because a self-centered writer says that it's not really as good as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization say.
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Summary: Poor Peggy "I Own my Own Press" Robins
Review: I wonder what she was trying to accomplish by her repackaged book? Maybe she was trying to reach more people- the ones who refuse to feel guilty because they are not willing to do right by their baby and give the food all babies deserve. Ya' know, if we didn't have such a bizarre society, a book like this would be unnecessary because everyone would know that babies nurse at the breast, bodies aren't merely sexual, babies deserve their biological norm (mother's milk) and our society wouldn't be so geared toward the nanny crowd. (see some of PR's other titles.) I think it's very unfortunate that this person had such poor advice on how to continue breastfeeding because now she is busy lashing out at some of the very people who can help babies get the breastmilk they deserve. I'm no cultist- I'm a physiologist who recognises normalcy when she sees it and an inferior product when she sees that. Breastmilk is normal, formula is an inferior choice. Mothers to be, if you feel hesitant about breastfeeding, read "So that's What they're For! Breastfeeding Basics" by Janet Tomaro. She'll give you real information- not the results of spying on people who justify her hostility, as Peggy Robin does.I don't think anyone disparages women who adopt and are given no information on induced lactation, but I would like to see a positive attitude toward the human body and the development of human milk banks. Peggy certainly isn't helping that issue either. I think also if a parent-to-be visits a pediatrician who does not actively advocate breastfeeding, she needs to get a copy of the American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on the Use of Human Milk to that physician. Peggy is not on your side in ensuring optimal health for you child. Oh, and yes, those of us with breastfed children do see physicians. No one ever said that breastfeeding protects against all illness even though Peggy would like anti-breastfeeders to think that we put out as much misinformation as she does.
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Summary: Bottle Feeding Without Guilt
Review: I ordered this book when my baby was 3 weeks old and I was crying constantly from severe pain as well as emotional distress at the thought of having to quit breastfeeding. I was seeing a lactation consultant but continued to have multiple problems. This was all very difficult especially after breastfeeding my first child easily. My baby is now 11 weeks old and I am continueing to breastfeed thanks, in part, to advice given in this book on how to treat sore nipples. I found this book very reassuring and supportive. Our problems with breastfeeding continue on much smaller scale but I now have peace about the fact I MIGHT have to quit nursing. I did find that the book spent too much time dealing with breast feeding militants who truely are a minority. After speaking with a few bottle feeding moms I have not found any who have had to deal with these fanantics.
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Summary: a fine book for anyone who wants to bottle feed
Review: I am reading this book for the second time just six weeks before my due date. I don't find that it is anti-breastfeeding at all. Peggy is just a woman pointing out her views and sharing information, much like all the women who share their views on breastfeeding in books and on the internet.If you don't agree with what she has to share, that is your business and you are entitled to air your displeasure with the views and information expressed in this book. I didn't find it was any more opinionated and judgmental than most of the breastfeeding advice books on the market today. I've read plenty of books on all topics of childcare over the past year and don't agree with them all- I pick and choose from the presented information and make up my own mind about what seems to suit our family. If you are against formula and bottlefeeding, why in the world would you even pick up this book? In all it is an excellent resource for people who know they want to use bottles at some point, whether filled with formula or expressed breast milk.
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Summary: Awful!
Review: I am a mom who bottle fed her child. I think that this book does no good for moms or babies. Formula feeding isn't difficult. Read the instructions on the can or container. The author's 38 reasons not to breastfeed include almost every single mother on the planet, and only a couple of them mention the baby's needs at all. I bottlefed for selfish/uneducated reasons. Don't follow this book's advice and have to wonder if your child would have less allergies or ear infections, like I do.
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Summary: dangerous book!
Review: When you read this review, please know that I do not hate bottlefeeders, however, formula is not the best choice for our infants, so why would anyone feed it to them (except, of course those mothers who truly CAN NOT breastfeed which is less than 5 percent)? If the AAP said that soft-soled shoes were the best for babies, everyone would be flocking to their shoe stores to buy them. But even though the AAP and the World Health Organization, and UNICEF have all put out official statements saying that women should breastfeed for at least a year or more, women continue to disregard this advice. Is it perhaps because society tells them they must "Have It All"? I don't know, but I do know that the same women that are disregarding the breastfeeding statement are the very same ones that would take off work early and run out to buy soft-soled shoes if the AAP said they should. Shame on you for bashing breastfeeding, and although I realize that bottlefeeding mothers need support, they do not need to bash breastfeeding mothers for doing what (EVERYONE, even the formula companies) say is best. Does the line "Breastmilk is Best" sound familiar? What will happen when all of the expectant mothers who read this book and decide to bottlefeed have their babies and Y2K hits. Even if you don't think Y2K will bring any problems, just picture just a 1 month problem with clean water and power. How will they clean their bottles? How will they make safe formula? Just think about the consequences of that before you decide to bottlefeed.
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Summary: AWESOME
Review: I have to agree with many of the here here's down below. This book was awesome. The actual gritty information on how to's was great and it was nice to read it in a book dedicated to bottlefeeding than as an addendum in a general parenting book behind the large breastfeeding section. And I agree with someone else who said it's high time that some of the militant advocates were exposed. I think that truth really grates on some of the militants and that is why they are so upset(many of whom I doubt even read it and just jump on the bandwagon with thier sisters that have or just heard it's a lump of trash). It was also high time that someone revealed the pressure out there to breastfeed, even to the extent(and I have seen this firsthand) that the baby is not thriving(well you must not be nursing enough forget the baby is on there 24/7 or just deny a baby food from a bottle, they will breastfeed eventually--yeah right, like I'm going to do that to my barely 6 lbs baby!). It was just so refreshing to see someone reveal that bottlefeeding mothers, regardless of the reasons they bottlefeed, are loving and educated parents as well. And for the researcher below--right on--I'm glad you noted that studies can be biased;I've said this before and been blasted(after all when it supports your thoughts it must be fact right?). I totally agree with your assessment, maybe not in my childbearing years, but I think and hope in my daughter's that the pendulum will settle somewhere more midline and both will be accepted as valid choices. I think it will and I think it will go the way of the latest extreme health craze because like you said real life does not support the research and that will become more and more obvious as the debate continues.
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Summary: More hate than help
Review: The author spends more time attacking breastfeeding mothers than positively supporting mothers who choose not to breastfeed. I'm not sure where all those militant breastfeeders are -- I know that everywhere I go (the mall, playground, restaurants, etc.) I rarely see women breastfeeding, but I see lots of babies with bottles in their mouths. And while I've never heard of a bottle feeding mother being told that she can't feed her baby in public, there are plenty of cases of breastfeeders being told that. So I think the author has a little bit of a persecution complex which prevents her from really doing what the book claims to do: support bottle feeding mothers. Rather, she tries to convince us all that the breastfeeders are out to get us, and by the end of the book I almost believed it and wanted to start a bottle feeding support group! Truthfully, I think her tactics are more akin to cult tactics than anything she describes in the book -- subtle, insidious, and dangerous. I would seriously advise anyone considering whether they should bottle feed to just buy a regular, mainstream baby book -- What to Expect When You're Expecting, for example. There, the pros and cons of different feeding choices are more objectively presented, the feeding information is accurate and you don't get poisoned with vitriol.
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Summary: Great book, great advice
Review: All I can say is "Buy this book". If you run into problems breast feeding (and up to 40% of women do), this book will help you see that there is nothing wrong with YOU. Some will try to make you feel that way, but they have not been in your shoes.
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Summary: We Need This Book!
Review: This is an important book fulfilling an important need. I am saddened to see the negativism against Ms. Robin's work from readers who are fortunate enough to a) be physically able to breastfeed and b) have received the loving, informed support needed to make it work. Not every mother falls into those categories, but they love their babies dearly all the same and want the best for them. Ms Robin makes this point eloquently. It should also be stated that she does NOT demonize breastfeeding mothers, although she does question ANYONE's right to harass a mother over how she chooses to feed her baby, be it by breast or bottle. This book assures bottlefeeding mothers that they are not horrible people -- a much needed corrective in today's breastfeeding-is-the-only-measure-of-true motherhood climate. Second, this book gives much-needed practical information on how to bottlefeed, from how to mix the formula, how to keep the equipment clean and how to be sure that baby has had enough (or not had too much). The mother who unexpectedly finds herself in bottlefeeding land, as I did, should do herself a favor and pick up this book. It'll do you a lot of good and give you information, as opposed to rhetoric, which is quite a relief.
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