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Attachment Parenting
Awesome NIP FB post.
I love this, it's awesome. If you start to get pissed or don't see the sarcasm then make sure you read to the end and don't stop one or two paragraph's in due to disgust. I day that because I do it with articles sometimes... a couple paragraph's and my eyes roll out of my head to I just stop reading. I probably miss good stuff that way. 
"Women should cover up their bottles when they
are feeding their babies... I wasn't exposed to bottle-feeding much
growing up and seeing it makes me very uncomfortable. I mean if you
think about it, a bottle is a substitute for the breast, and since
breasts are sexual, doesn't that make a bottle kind of like a dildo?!
Eww, gross.
When I see a mom bottle-feeding, I don't know where
to look. I can't look directly at the bottle or the baby because the
idea of feeding a baby formula makes me sick to my stomach. It's just
gross. And the way babies sound when they eat??? They slurp and suck and
dribble formula everywhere! It's just nasty and it *smells*! I
shouldn't have to see that! And what about my young son? How am I
supposed to explain to him why a woman is bottle-feeding? I mean, he's
too young to understand how different parts of the body function. It's
going to be hard to explain to him that women actually choose not to
nurse, or can't for one reason or another. It'll probably upset him to
know that lots of babies don't get "nurse-nurse" like he does. I don't
want to have to deal with him being emotionally scarred by seeing
bottles. And imagine the therapy bills I'll have to pay for when he's
older!
So bottle-feeding moms should either go into a bathroom,
re-lactate so they can use their breasts in public, or cover up with a
blanket. Sure, I know the excuses....bathrooms are dirty and no one
should have to eat in there. But women could still re-lactate. Oh, yeah I
know how hard it would be, but ya know, we DO have nice pumps available
nowadays. She could get a good supply going for the sole purpose of
feeding in public. If she would just use her breasts, we wouldn't have
to see those indecent bottles all the time. And if she has a hard time
re-lactating, she could always just cover up with a blanket when she has
to use a bottle. Oh I know some babies aren't comfortable under a
blanket. Re-breathing their own carbon dioxide for 20+ minutes must come
at a price, but who cares? At least I wouldn't have to see bottles.
And
if a woman doesn't want to go through all that trouble, she could just
schedule outings around the baby's feedings. A bottle-fed baby only has
to eat, what? Every 3-4 hours? She can just bottle-feed at home, go out,
and rush back with a screaming baby if he needs to eat sooner than the
schedule allows.
I'll admit that I'm uncomfortable with
bottle-feeding in public. And as an American, I have a right to not have
to be exposed to that sort of thing. Women should be aware of everyone
else and accomodating to all others. After all, our right not to be
offended is more important than a baby's right to eat, right?
"I
turned it around so people could see how ridiculus is is for ANY woman
to hide to feed her child. It sounds a bit ridiculous when I say women
should cover up their bottles, huh? I hope it makes you think."
Disclaimer...
Ok,
so forgive me for assuming people would see the sarcasm in the post. I
don't *actually* think women should cover up their bottles. I used all
the arguments against nursing in public and turned them around to
bottle-feeders in an attempt to show people just how idiotic it is to
ask women to hide while feeding their baby.
The point is, breasts
are not lewd or indecent. If you see a little nipple, get over it.
Breasts are for feeding babies, first and foremost. The day you hide
your bottles is the day I hide my breasts.
Also...
I realize
the dildo reference may make some people's jaws drop in disbelief, but
that was possibly the most important part of the post. It seems the main
reason people freak out about nursing in public is because breasts are
also sexual, therefore should be covered all the times. Well, a nipple
on a bottle was designed to replace the original thing, just like a
dildo is meant to replace a penis. Sorry, but it's true. If it sounds
outlandish to you, then maybe you should reconsider just how sexual the
breast is. It's not sexual to feed a child at the breast any more than
it is to feed a child with a bottle.
IF (and that's a big "if")
nursing WERE sexual, then I would assume people would have the same
reaction to a bottle as they would to a dildo. But they don't. It's
something to think about anyways."
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Re: Awesome NIP FB post.
I remember seeing this once before somewhere, and I loved it! I completely understood the sarcasm and I thought it was genius. Thanks for sharing.
It's also an absurd comparison. I mean, I see what she's trying to do but she lost it all with that one.
This is great! Do you know where to find the original article?