Human milk provides the perfect balance of protein, sugar and fat babies need to be healthy... Healthy babies mean healthy adults and healthy adults mean lower medical and hospital expense which translates into lower insurance premiums for all of us...Healthy babies means less chance of your formula fed baby and YOU being exposed to nasty old germs when you do have to share "public" space with something so disgusting as a mother nurturing her child...
This doesn't make a case for breastfeeding in public. In fact, it doesn't even make a case for breastfeeding itself. It merely makes a case for feeding human babies human milk. Pansytilly has already mentioned they have ways to tap mother's milk for later bottling - and there are still such things as wet nurses, who either breastfeed the baby directly, or provide human milk to mothers who can't or won't breastfeed their baby themselves.
None of the health benefits are gained because the baby was breast-fed in public. These health benefits are gained because the baby is fed (organically-farmed?) human milk.
OMG! breastfeeding for "lower insurance premiums" !!! hahahaha!!!!
DCG, some mothers will breastfeed in public for a variety of reasons. example:
1. it is the natural method of feeding an infant.
2. there are low income groups that breastfeeds because of the lack of resource to get a pump or to buy formula.
3. pumping breastmilk is painful compared to letting an infant suck.
4. bonding and avoidance of nipple confusion
but of course, breastmilk is best for babies up to two years for a variety of medically proven reasons. how and why a mother chooses to provide it is her decision. empowering her is what society should do to provide a the child a good start in life. in fact, it is an accepted practice in many parts of the world--no biggie, just part of life.
Edited by
Pansytilly
on Sun 07/05/15 08:57 AM