Feb 22 2008
Breastfeeding Drill Sergeants
With their good intentions, some breastfeeding advocates have become like a drill sergeants. They begin every conversation lecturing about why everyone should breastfeed and never ever use formula.
Maybe they need to remember their first time as a mother again. Taking care of a brand-new (sometimes colicky) baby, new mothers can be tired from lack of sleep and just need a little encouragement and support. Sometimes this militant “breastfeed-or-else support” backfires and leaves new moms turned off to breastfeeding altogether.