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[ailbhe]

It's odd how many recently or hugely pregnant people I know, suddenly - I never did before I was pregnant myself. It's all a big conspiracy!

One by one, my family are asking me "What, you're not still breastfeeding her, are you? Why?" It's an effort to tell the truth - "Why not?" rather than come up with rational justifications along the lines of "WHO guidelines... NHS guidelines... The global average is over 3 years you know..." and, worst of all, "Because of her dairy intolerance." What am I doing, justifying myself like this? Feeding my baby is normal. Formula feeders don't have to suddenly justify why they haven't changed to something else at 9 months. Why is formula feeding more "grown up"? Why is breastfeeding only for young babies? What's wrong here?

Hi, choir.

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who is Philip, anyway?

[pne.livejournal.com]

I sent you an email once (8 May 2000)

This was in response to this Usenet message of yours (or 8es4b9$3th$1@leprechaun.ossifrage.net, should it still be available on your computer or news server, for some reason...).

Re: who is Philip, anyway?

[ailbhe]

I seem to have had a reason for posting it, at least. I've forgotten it, thank goodness.