Breastfeeding Quote: More Than Just Milk

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:58:11 +0000

This rather shocking quote affirms everything I have always felt about breastfeeding. You can’t replace breastfeeding with formula, or even breast milk with formula; they simply aren’t equivalent. That doesn’t make formula “bad” nor should it make formula-feeding mothers feel guilty. It acknowledges that breastfeeding is part of an intimate relationship between mother and child.

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To reduce breastfeeding to milk is like reducing sex to semen.

– Rachel Myr, Lactnet list facilitator, named “Midwife of the Year 2008″ in Norway, as quoted in Lactnet

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Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Newborn Needs

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:23:23 +0000

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

– Grantly Dick-Read, author of Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth and Natural Childbirth, among others

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Breastfeeding Quote: More Than Just Milk

Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Newborn Needs