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Summary: A Must Read for New Mommys-To-Be
Review: Peggy Robin hit the nail on the head when she pointed out that it's nobody's business why you choose to feed your baby by breast or bottle. I went through my own personal agony trying to breastfeed, then resigning to pump my breast milk for the last 10 weeks. I wish I would have read this book earlier than I had. It would have saved me from much heartache. I hope that with my next child, my choice to breast feed or bottle feed will not consume me to the point that I miss out on enjoying my newborn.
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Summary: Provides incorrect information on breastfeeding benefits.
Review: Very negative book.Author disregards scientific studies and proofs of breastfeeding benefits. She also characterizes LaLeche League members as cultists,which is totally false information. I found this book to be irresponsibly written because it leaves the uneducated reader misinformed.
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Summary: This book is self indulgent catharsis
Review: This book does little to address the real issues of guilt experienced by mothers who cannot breastfeed. I mean REALLY cannot, not just can't be bothered. I would love to have breastfed my adopted babies, but lacked the information and courage to induce lactation. This book is nothing but a slam on breastfeeding and I wouldn't be surprised if the author owns mega shares in Mead Johnston
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Summary: Angry mom lashes out irrationally
Review: An all-out assault on breastfeeding advocacy by a mother whose breastfeeding experience was sabotaged by bad medical advice. Instead of directing her anger at the doctors who destroyed her breastfeeding relationship, she rants and rails at breastfeeding advocates and calls them "cultists" Full of harmful misinformation.
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Summary: Sad
Review: When I picked up this book, I was curious. I am a breastfeeding mother, but I thought that it was nice that a book would support women who CAN NOT breastfeed. Instead, this book seems to have the attitude, "Formula is just as good, and it doesn't matter one way or the other". Funny how it didn't mention that over 8,000 babies die in this country alone as a result of not receiving their mother's milk! Formula should be considered something to fall back on when all else has failed, not as an equally good choice.
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Summary: Thank God
Review: I was adopted. I cannot have children. I am adopting. So I will bottle feed. Somehow after a lifetime of cruelty (bottle feeding) I somehow managed to finish high school in three years, squeak through college magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa at the age of 20 and receive a Juris Doctor at the age of 22. Some of us can't breast feed, so it's nice to have some support.
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Summary: Bad information for moms
Review: This book is filled with inaccurate and bad information regarding breastfeeding. More and more studies are showing that formula is NOT the equivalent of breastmilk! This book perpetuates the misconceptions and stereotypes about breastfeeding and breastfeeding advocates. Mothers who have problems breastfeeding need help finding good reliable resources for assistance before resorting to formula, not an excuse to give up. This book is a disservcie to all babies and the mothers who want to do the best for them.
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Summary: A great book
Review: I loved this book! The first time I saw it, I couldn't believe someone actually wrote such a book...it was exactly what I was looking for! Today mothers who choose not to breastfeed or cannot for some reason are so often made to feel as if they are child abusers. Another reviewer of this book said that it was too hard on breastfeeding advocates, but it's about time there was such a book. Not everyone loves Dr. Sears and the attachment parenting cult, and thank goodness Peggy Robin acknowledges that! You don't have to breastfeed your child for two years to be a good mother - a mother's love comes through regardless of how she feeds her child, and fortunately this book brings that point home.
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Summary: Letters to the author praise Bottlefeeding Without Guilt
Review: One of the most heartwarming moments in an author's career is to receive fan mail. When I proposed Bottlefeeding Without Guilt, I never expected such a deluge of wonderful letters from moms around the world. I would like to share some of the comments from these letters: "My struggle to breastfeed lasted an interminable eight weeks until we all realized that health was more likely to come from from a happy mom than breast milk alone."
"This book is fantastic...Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My sister-in-law is due in March with her first and she plans to breastfeed, and I will support her all the way. But if things don't work out, I'm going to give her my copy of this book, so she won't feel the guilt I felt for so long."
"I am what you would consider a militant breastfeeder. I must admit that when I saw the book in the bookstore, I assumed it was just a lazy, selfish mother's list of excuses for giving their child second best. While I do not agree with everything in your book, you have helped me gain a lot of compassion for bottlefeeding mothers."
"I was so happy to discover your book. I wish your book had been written when I was still suffering through my futile attempts to breastfeed twins. Good job!"
"I think there are many, many women who need this information. Now they can go to the bookstore and get some answers! You have done a real service."
"I can't breastfeed my baby, and I go back and forth with guilt. It's nice to know the whole world isn't against us bottlefeeding moms."
"I have just finished Bottlefeeding Without Guilt and I am so glad to read of others with similar experiences. My twins are five years old, but I still get angry remembering our feeding struggles...My babies have always been healthy and active with few colds or ear infections until they began school. My husband took over all the night feedings and thekids have always been as comforted by his presence as by mine, which can only add to, not take away from, their feeling of security. I feel that we are truly a family, rather than a mother with children, plus a financial contributor. As for intelligence, my children could both read before the age of five and are considerate, sharing and imaginative as well."
"It's nice to know the whole world isn't against us bottle feeding moms."
"I desperately wanted to breastfeed my daughter, but 3 severe mastitis infections made it too painful for me to take anymore I truly believe that mothering is more than what we feed our children -- it is how we nurture, love, protect and bond."
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Summary: CHOICE
Review: I read this book after feeding my daughter (...) milk for the first year of her life. She is now 2 1/2 and healthy and active. I say feeding because i had to use a pump for that whole year. She never was able to latch properly. To say it was dehumanizing would be an understatment. But i was committed to giving her the best my body could offer. I was so convinced of the evils of formula that i put myself through a great deal of heartache. At one point i was waking myself every three hours round the clock to pump regardless of my baby being awake or not. I was bound by the clock. I was desperate to keep my milk supply up. And i did, but at a great cost to my mental health and my relationship with my husband and my baby. I believe breastfeeding is best. However after lactation consultants and LLC leaders cannot help you, you are left to make a choice. With my first child i chose using a pump. With my next child I may not. I am hopeful that i will be able to breastfeed. This book allowed me to see that formula isn't evil, its just not as good as breastmilk. Not all mothers have the choice to breastfeed. Instead of passing judgemnt on others, breastfeeding mothers should show some compassion. We all have our own road to walk. This book supports those of us who have hard choices to make.
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