A Look Back at Breastfeeding Controversies
October 4, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Baby Care, Breastfeeding
This year, all the controversies surrounding breastfeeding are about what it looks like. Last year, the controversies surrounded whether or not breastfeeding itself leads to a higher IQ, or if babies who are breastfed are smarter because their mothers tend be better educated than women who choose not to breastfeed. As Mike reported at Be A Good Dad, misinformation about the defenses breastfeeding provides against asthma and allergies is also still being perpetuated. It makes me want to cry.
