Comments on: Breast IS Best for Mom, Baby and the Environment http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2009/12/breast-is-best-for-mom-baby-and-the-environment/ Going green and living with autism Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:41:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2009/12/breast-is-best-for-mom-baby-and-the-environment/#comment-548 Andrea Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:08:02 +0000 http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/?p=414#comment-548 Kelly I completely agree with spreading the message! Not only to mom's but also to society in general, the amount of times I've heard about mom's being made to feel like they are doing something dirty by nursing their child is unconscionable. Or a mom being told to feed their baby in the bathroom and not in public, like anyone would eat their meal in a bathroom, it makes my blood boil! Mike from monsters, lol! You're too funny! Kelly I completely agree with spreading the message! Not only to mom’s but also to society in general, the amount of times I’ve heard about mom’s being made to feel like they are doing something dirty by nursing their child is unconscionable. Or a mom being told to feed their baby in the bathroom and not in public, like anyone would eat their meal in a bathroom, it makes my blood boil! Mike from monsters, lol! You’re too funny!

]]> By: Kelly http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2009/12/breast-is-best-for-mom-baby-and-the-environment/#comment-538 Kelly Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:13:08 +0000 http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/?p=414#comment-538 I saw the "breast feeding nazi" at work when I was in hospital with Ollie (10 years ago in jan!!! OMG!!!) My plan was to try but Ollie spent an extra week in special care because he wasn't strong enough to feed, although he was healthy in all ways and could have gone home. I suddenly realised I was surrounded by HEALTHY babies being TUBE fed (which always carries the risk of aspiration and infection) because their mums had trouble breast feeding. I saw mums weeping trying to feed babies and I just thought "enough" and told the nurses I was going to bottle feed and take my baby home. They really pushed me not to even though I was expressing! We all know its best but I think they would be better trying to spread the message to the less educated mums rather than bullying mums who can't do it but want to. And don;t worry..I gave up my stomach for my kids..I have the body shape of mike from monsters inc :P I saw the “breast feeding nazi” at work when I was in hospital with Ollie (10 years ago in jan!!! OMG!!!) My plan was to try but Ollie spent an extra week in special care because he wasn’t strong enough to feed, although he was healthy in all ways and could have gone home. I suddenly realised I was surrounded by HEALTHY babies being TUBE fed (which always carries the risk of aspiration and infection) because their mums had trouble breast feeding. I saw mums weeping trying to feed babies and I just thought “enough” and told the nurses I was going to bottle feed and take my baby home. They really pushed me not to even though I was expressing!
We all know its best but I think they would be better trying to spread the message to the less educated mums rather than bullying mums who can’t do it but want to.
And don;t worry..I gave up my stomach for my kids..I have the body shape of mike from monsters inc :P

]]> By: Andrea http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2009/12/breast-is-best-for-mom-baby-and-the-environment/#comment-537 Andrea Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:25:21 +0000 http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/?p=414#comment-537 Oh wow Kelly, the odds really where against you! You do what you can right. That's one of the reasons I'm not a hardcore lactivist. I think there's so much guilt associated with motherhood and I think the decision to breastfeed or not is so personal and fraught with so many variables. It's like the people who are hardcore about the all natural births, I still have guilt about having to have c-sections. Love your ideas about offsetting the carbon footprint such a great thought! Yep my ladies will never look the same! The things we do for motherhood huh?! Oh wow Kelly, the odds really where against you! You do what you can right. That’s one of the reasons I’m not a hardcore lactivist. I think there’s so much guilt associated with motherhood and I think the decision to breastfeed or not is so personal and fraught with so many variables. It’s like the people who are hardcore about the all natural births, I still have guilt about having to have c-sections.

Love your ideas about offsetting the carbon footprint such a great thought!

Yep my ladies will never look the same! The things we do for motherhood huh?!

]]> By: Kelly http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2009/12/breast-is-best-for-mom-baby-and-the-environment/#comment-535 Kelly Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:27:58 +0000 http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/?p=414#comment-535 I was so sad when I couldn't breast feed my boys. They where all premature and small and sleepy and I have Polands syndrom which means I only have the "use" of one breast, so the cards where stacked against us :P I expressed with all of them for a while, but Alfie (my youngest)was so sick with reflux (which brought on apnea attacks) that he couldn't have breast milk! I do look back and feel sad that I couldn;t do more, even though at the time I wasn;t as "green" minded as I am now and the waste that is generated is amazing. People will always need the option of bottle feeding, for medical reasons or even choice, but I really don't feel the industry has made any effort to up the game enviromentaly. YOu can buy glass feeding bottles (which could then be re-cycled or even kept for another baby)but only if you look really hard on the internet. Babies are only offered cows milk or soya formular but NEITHER are good for a fast growing infant. Although I couldn;t breast feed I made sure my kids got good homemade baby food and always had a banana in my bag for an on the hoof lunch. At the end of the day having children at all is an envirmental compromise. I think if a new mother can't breast feed they could make sure all their other choices are the deepest shade of green and maybe find somewhere where they could work out the carbon footprint of bottle feeding and maybe plant trees or donate to charities to try and offset a little? Good for you for keeping it up..bet your boobs are ready for a rest now though lol! xx I was so sad when I couldn’t breast feed my boys. They where all premature and small and sleepy and I have Polands syndrom which means I only have the “use” of one breast, so the cards where stacked against us :P
I expressed with all of them for a while, but Alfie (my youngest)was so sick with reflux (which brought on apnea attacks) that he couldn’t have breast milk!
I do look back and feel sad that I couldn;t do more, even though at the time I wasn;t as “green” minded as I am now and the waste that is generated is amazing.
People will always need the option of bottle feeding, for medical reasons or even choice, but I really don’t feel the industry has made any effort to up the game enviromentaly. YOu can buy glass feeding bottles (which could then be re-cycled or even kept for another baby)but only if you look really hard on the internet. Babies are only offered cows milk or soya formular but NEITHER are good for a fast growing infant.
Although I couldn;t breast feed I made sure my kids got good homemade baby food and always had a banana in my bag for an on the hoof lunch.
At the end of the day having children at all is an envirmental compromise. I think if a new mother can’t breast feed they could make sure all their other choices are the deepest shade of green and maybe find somewhere where they could work out the carbon footprint of bottle feeding and maybe plant trees or donate to charities to try and offset a little?
Good for you for keeping it up..bet your boobs are ready for a rest now though lol!
xx

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