After visiting some friends in the hospital, this kind of ocurred to me...
I am educated and took the time before my son was born to read all the books, and do my researach online (kellymom.com basically) about how breastfeeding works and how to be successful with it. That didn't make it any easier in the beginning, but at least I knew that what was happening was normal.
At the hospital, our friend was giving her baby a pacifier and was giving her baby formula even though she wanted to breastfeed because "her milk wasn't in yet". I wasn't going to say anything, but....
my son was with us, and he was hungry, so it kind of brought the subject up, she asked me if I had ever given him formula, when I said no, she asked why not. So I tried to answer her questions without giving too much advice and more politely than I probably would on this forum, and just told her that no milk is normal in the beginning, but you need to let the baby suck, and the colustrum they are getting is so important, etc. etc. etc.
She didn't know any of this.... I think because they are less educated, poor, and she doesn't speak English (not that speaking English has anything to do with being educated, but it does affect her access to books, and they don't have the internet).
Anyways, the point is.... I kind of came to the epiphany the people that can least afford to be buying formula, are the most likely to use it, and they tend to have their babies in inner-city hospitals that are busy, and the nurses don't take the time to help with and explain breastfeeding to the moms.
Twizted - No where in my question did I personally attack formula feeding moms, and nowhere did I mention white trash (if you read my question carefully, the woman I was talking about doesn't speak English, so how can she be WHITE trash?)
I was just asking about my own observations, and if you look at the links posted, I was correct that uneducated moms are more likely to formula feed.
I think you have proven this in your own uneducated and ignorant response. Way to show everyone that formula-feeding moms ignorant!!!!! I couldn't have done a better job myself... which was not what I was trying to do in the first place! LOL!
Thanks for the links, Jen.... it's nice to see the actual research!
I am educated and took the time before my son was born to read all the books, and do my researach online (kellymom.com basically) about how breastfeeding works and how to be successful with it. That didn't make it any easier in the beginning, but at least I knew that what was happening was normal.
At the hospital, our friend was giving her baby a pacifier and was giving her baby formula even though she wanted to breastfeed because "her milk wasn't in yet". I wasn't going to say anything, but....
my son was with us, and he was hungry, so it kind of brought the subject up, she asked me if I had ever given him formula, when I said no, she asked why not. So I tried to answer her questions without giving too much advice and more politely than I probably would on this forum, and just told her that no milk is normal in the beginning, but you need to let the baby suck, and the colustrum they are getting is so important, etc. etc. etc.
She didn't know any of this.... I think because they are less educated, poor, and she doesn't speak English (not that speaking English has anything to do with being educated, but it does affect her access to books, and they don't have the internet).
Anyways, the point is.... I kind of came to the epiphany the people that can least afford to be buying formula, are the most likely to use it, and they tend to have their babies in inner-city hospitals that are busy, and the nurses don't take the time to help with and explain breastfeeding to the moms.
Twizted - No where in my question did I personally attack formula feeding moms, and nowhere did I mention white trash (if you read my question carefully, the woman I was talking about doesn't speak English, so how can she be WHITE trash?)
I was just asking about my own observations, and if you look at the links posted, I was correct that uneducated moms are more likely to formula feed.
I think you have proven this in your own uneducated and ignorant response. Way to show everyone that formula-feeding moms ignorant!!!!! I couldn't have done a better job myself... which was not what I was trying to do in the first place! LOL!
Thanks for the links, Jen.... it's nice to see the actual research!