Ignorant people shouldn’t be allowed to breed.
July 26th, 2010
I’ve been having such a hard time recently coming up with things to blog about. I guess when you do the same things day in and day out, it gets kind of boring to keep repeating yourself. But recently I’ve noticed a trend with some of the ladies I have on facebook. A lot of my high school classmates are getting married and having children. (Though not necessarily in that order.)
One such person, we’ll call her Oleysia* (Because that’s what she feels compelled to name her daughter. But that’s another story.) is being induced today. I’m not even going to touch the induction, because I could go on and on about it for days. I want to talk about the exchange between her and another girl from our class, let’s call her Mary.
Oleysia: but shes going on breast milk whether it be from bottle n i pump or straight from me.
Mary: Ya that’s a good idea! She needs to be. Its better for her! Just don’t be one of those gross moms who do it until they are 1 or older! Grosses me out!
O: Ya i wont teeth scare me lol
M: Ha ha ya they should! And they don’t need it that long. That’s more for the mom than the baby by 8 months!
….Huh? According to the World Health Organization:
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age, with continued breastfeeding along with appropriate complementary foods up to two years of age or beyond.
And according to Dr. Jack Newman:
Breastfeeding to 3 and 4 years of age has been common in much of the world until recently in human history, and it is still common in many societies for toddlers to breastfeed.
So it really pisses me off when people have children and are ignorant of the facts. I replied to them both basically quoting what the WHO says on the subject of extended breastfeeding. And I know, at the end of the day, it’s up to this mommy to make her own decisions. But I would rather get on someones nerves by telling them how it really is than let them blindly go on their way making uninformed choices.
Because that’s really what I’m about here. Informed decisions.
*Doesn’t it sound like a brand of margarine? I can’t help but laugh, even though I know this kid is probably going to get picked on in school.
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Ignorant people shouldn’t become parents, period. I despise people who make uninformed decisions, or decisions based off of the ignorance, assumptions and misunderstanding of others.
Inductions = stupid (unless for medically necessary reasons).
Breast = best
The end.
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people, man. people.
i can’t stand them sometimes.
even worse when it goes on in your family. i’ve decided that some people just don’t have the same priorities that we do. let them be crazy and uninformed.
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It bothers me that some people have the ability to breed (and do so) even though they know NOTHING except that they are going to have a “KYUTE BABEY OMG!”. These people should have their breeding capabilities taken away! Poor kid.
Urgh that just annoys me! Sigh stupid people will breed
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Man, the fact that girls actually think like that makes me sick. I was only able to breastfeed for a few weeks, but I would have done it for years if I could have. My SIL “tried” to breastfeed, but it was too “hard” because she already had 3 kids and the whole situation was embarrassing to her. I didn’t get it. To each her own, but at least be educated!
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