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Bizzy 
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 3:16pm |
...a mother who both breast and formula feeds her babies?
was wondering about the perceived ff v bf mums division.... hhhmmmmm (insert pondering emoticon here) 
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 3:34pm |
No one cares Biz, cos if you breastfeed regardless of said bottles you are still percieved to be a BF nazi. In all the many debates that have been on here about BF, no matter how many bloody times I mention that I bottle (formula) and breast fed #1, I am still a nazi.
Oh and thats tounge in cheek, the nazi bit. 
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 3:57pm |
gee Annie, you're being a bit nazish about being a nazi...
mwahahaha
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 4:18pm |
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 5:16pm |
I do both and I call myself.........a bloody good mummy!!
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 5:40pm |
A smart woman
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 5:49pm |
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 5:57pm |
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no it does not.
I fully BF but had to do bottle top up when needed as my first did not put on enough weight.
I AM NOT FOR OR AGAINST BREAST-FEEDING OR BOTTLE-FEEDING.
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 7:24pm |
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I am really against labels cos I think it can feed into the whole BF vs FF (and what about the EBM mums).
BUT, if I was to put a label to it, it would be ...
something along the lines of "a mum who does the absolute best that they can for their baby".
ETA it can also feed into the whole BF/FF/EBM/unable to BF and reliant of donated EBM .....
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 7:27pm |
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I agree with Flissty.
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 7:48pm |
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A mum.
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 7:53pm |
i think flisstly should get an award for the most initialisms in a post! 
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:02pm |
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The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:09pm |
Why thank you!
Just cos I can ...
Thanks from FASB, mum to DOB
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:11pm |
 lizzle wrote:
gee Annie, you're being a bit nazish about being a nazi...
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I'll explain, lol. I'm now working for Public Heath doing some counselling for Bf and someone asked me what I did the other day, so I said exactly what i just wrote above and they went off on this huge bloody tangent about BF Nazis and how I must be one and how sick I am for forcing women to BF etc. I tried to explain tht I only help if asked etc but no, I BF so thus am Nazi! 
So anyway, my "mission statement" is actually that I support mums however they choose to feed thier babies and help them to make informed choices and offer support which ever way they choose, and help them to feel empowered withtheir chices. And yes I help mums bottle feed as well or wean to bottles etc.
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:12pm |
Annie, you're doing great! I am all for encouraging mums to BF (cos I do believe it is best) but I think it is really important to have the support there for them so good on you 
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:15pm |
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I thought you called them Mum
As long as the baby gets fed does it really matter how?
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:27pm |
I have no idea, but I just realised the irony in me donating EBM for someone else's bub when there was a time when I couldn't breastfeed my own 
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 8:13pm |
Yeah I would just say 'mum' as well.
I don't give a sh*t what you feed your kids, as long as you bloody well feed them, love them and do the best you can by them
I think BF is a lovely, natural thing but at the end of the day, I think way too much time is spent by people pondering what people feed their babies when in 20 years time the kid is not going to care, and noone will notice the difference in their development anyway.
I know heaps of mums that have shared BF and FF, for a number of factors. I've heard them called lazy by some full time BF'ers, clever by some full time FF'ers (as in clever because neither 'side' of the fence can hassle you apparently). Hey if it works for you then go for it! 
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 8:32pm |
I do both BF and FF.
Maybe they could be "breastula" fed, or "formuleast" fed.
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Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years).
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so what do you call...
