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Originally posted by Charity
That is a sad picture, but it seems that people want to use a picture like that to argue that bottle feeding is unsafe and dangerous.
I don't understand why the twin that was bottle fed died? A child can easily be bottle fed and survive. I am guessing the water that the formula was mixed with was unsafe and the baby died from that? One of the main problems is that she was told (I am guessing by a medical professional) that she could only breastfeed one child. Even if that were true, she could have been encouraged to alternate breastfeedings and bottle feedings between both children, rather than to favor one child for breastfeeding, especially as she watched one thrive and gain, while the other one didn't. There seems to be so many problems with this situation. Bottle feeding by itself doesn't seem to be the main problem.
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My co-worker is posting right now - she has two very smart, happy, healthy, athletic bottle-fed kids. Here is what she says:
The article based on the boycott is based on the fact that in the third world countries there is not the same standard of living as we have here. They do not have clean water nor the means to provide formula. They get hooked on a product (formula), yet the water is contaminated, there isn't enough formula because there isn't enough money to buy formula for their baby....hence they wind up with 2-3 thousand babies dying per DAY.
These companies lure women into bottle-feeding when these woman clearly can not afford to do so. They do not have WIC in these countries. So, the family spends up to 50% of their income trying to feed their babies.
So, yes, in third world countries, bottle feeding is dangerous. Very dangerous.
My 2 kids are very healthy and they were raised on formula - but I had ENOUGH formula and clean water to mix it with.
-Marie (Amina's co-worker)