I watched my SIL go through this with her kids - breastfeeding, not breastfeeding, and everything else. I thwapped my own mother for making SIL question her decisions and parenting style.
My brother was breastfed until he was 2 weeks old. At his checkup, my mother commented that he slept ALL THE TIME. The doctor looked him over and asked what she was feeding him. Mom replied that she was breastfeeding. The doctor was agahst - my mother was taking phenobarbitol to prevent seisures, and that passes through breast milk. My brother was drugged. The nurses had encouraged mom to breastfeed, and no one had bothered to check what medications she was on. So it's not like my mom is the font of all parental wisdom.
I, of course, not being a parent, know exactly how all children should be raised: exactly as their parents think appropriate. If I EVER criticize your parenting, please feel free to thwap me with a cluestick.
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My brother was breastfed until he was 2 weeks old. At his checkup, my mother commented that he slept ALL THE TIME. The doctor looked him over and asked what she was feeding him. Mom replied that she was breastfeeding. The doctor was agahst - my mother was taking phenobarbitol to prevent seisures, and that passes through breast milk. My brother was drugged. The nurses had encouraged mom to breastfeed, and no one had bothered to check what medications she was on. So it's not like my mom is the font of all parental wisdom.
I, of course, not being a parent, know exactly how all children should be raised: exactly as their parents think appropriate. If I EVER criticize your parenting, please feel free to thwap me with a cluestick.