breastmilk is still best but...
On every Philippine tv or radio commercial for milk products for babies , it always end with this statement:
"Breastmilk is still best for babies up to 2 years."
It sounds conflicting, don't you think? I mean here you are listening to an infant formula ad urging you to buy this milk because its formulated with this and fortified with that and ends up with "breastmilk is still best for babies...."
However, some mothers, especially working mothers, feed their babies both ways. While at work, their babysitters bottlefeed them and when mommies are home, they breastfeed their babies. Although they know breastmilk is best, they also also know that they have to work to help augment income for them and the babies' other needs like diapers, baby wipes, vitamins, baby baths and shampoos, diaper rash ointments and clothes. Not only that, how about the periodic vaccines which don't come cheap? And it's just the beginning. They have to think of the near (and not so near) future expenses like preschool tuition fees and all that comes with it.
Seems like I'm deviating from my original topic...hehehe...Anyway, back to where I started, breastmilk. There's no arguing that it's the best. Not only that it's complete, it also bonds the baby and the mother closer to each other.
"Breastmilk is still best for babies up to 2 years."
It sounds conflicting, don't you think? I mean here you are listening to an infant formula ad urging you to buy this milk because its formulated with this and fortified with that and ends up with "breastmilk is still best for babies...."
However, some mothers, especially working mothers, feed their babies both ways. While at work, their babysitters bottlefeed them and when mommies are home, they breastfeed their babies. Although they know breastmilk is best, they also also know that they have to work to help augment income for them and the babies' other needs like diapers, baby wipes, vitamins, baby baths and shampoos, diaper rash ointments and clothes. Not only that, how about the periodic vaccines which don't come cheap? And it's just the beginning. They have to think of the near (and not so near) future expenses like preschool tuition fees and all that comes with it.
Seems like I'm deviating from my original topic...hehehe...Anyway, back to where I started, breastmilk. There's no arguing that it's the best. Not only that it's complete, it also bonds the baby and the mother closer to each other.
Labels: bonding, breastfeeding, milk
posted by sally at
5:29 PM
4 Comments:
The ads are real conflicting! Similar to cigarettes... "Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health" ha ha ha
They do that here too to discourage too much commercialism of the milk product. It is conflicting in a sense. I think and I believe, like the cigarette commercial, it is now universally syndicated so Nursing Mothers will get back to the basics in feeding their infants. Breastfeeding has been my personal preference even at the time, I was not married yet. And I did breastfed them when I had have my two babies at a very late age. With God's blessings, my girls have had never been sickly and not once in their entire childhood life, they had been taken to hospital.
On the other hand, being there myself I know exactly what you mean by your statement above because of our economic condition where most mothers have to work to augment the family income which is a shame. On the other hand, the plus factor over there is that you can afford to have maids to mind your babies while you are at work. Whereas here, that means luxury to us.
My approach to nursing motherhood was eating the right food where my babies derived good nutrition from my own breastmilk. Happy Mothering.
so true. and at the hospitals they hand out bags with formula but send in the lactation consultant. huh?
Oh yes, breast milk is best. My first I b-fed till 17 months and then my 2nd my milk dred up and I about died! I cried and cried. I felt like a horrible mom but I couldn't help it.
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