tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post8964161493419501336..comments2024-01-23T09:42:56.561-06:00Comments on Rancid Raves : How much is that elephant in the window?Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-88724260482264629042009-03-19T16:42:00.000-05:002009-03-19T16:42:00.000-05:00wow this was an eye opener on so many levels...Tha...wow this was an eye opener on so many levels...Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-86968741178781297032009-03-19T15:20:00.000-05:002009-03-19T15:20:00.000-05:00Oh, Monkey, that's so heartbreaking for your famil...Oh, Monkey, that's so heartbreaking for your family!<BR/><BR/>It's a shame -- the bickering over this. It's no one's business, really, how one feeds a child. Too bad society doesn't care nearly as much about kids who are neglected or abused...Anjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942336985162828835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-88984693814533329592009-03-19T11:38:00.000-05:002009-03-19T11:38:00.000-05:00I find it really interesting how much we've change...I find it really interesting how much we've changed as a culture in 100 years. Because a century ago, wet nursing was perfectly normal and pretty much the only option if you wanted a baby to live whose mother had died (or wasn't producing milk, etc.). I do wonder whether, issues of 3rd world countries, tainted formula and bad water aside, the stigma against breastfeeding someone else's kid has toMLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301902783411290755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-17147969834192649662009-03-18T23:37:00.000-05:002009-03-18T23:37:00.000-05:00I was nursing Max when Katrina hit. And I knew th...I was nursing Max when Katrina hit. And I knew that if I were in that situation, I would have nursed any baby that was handed to me. <BR/><BR/>I would hope that the same would be done for my children in that scenario.<BR/><BR/>Whether I would have done the same in THIS situation, I just don't know. But I do know that it was really only between the two women involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-79108870117306597162009-03-18T21:44:00.000-05:002009-03-18T21:44:00.000-05:00Monkey,I always think of your sister when I write ...Monkey,<BR/>I always think of your sister when I write the posts about tainted formula. Always. And yes, you are correct - in Sierra Leone, these is a cultural norm about men not having sex with their wives when they are are breastfeeding, hence the desire to cut it off earlier. I should have clarified that.<BR/><BR/>Melanie,<BR/>You summed it up perfectly - really, we are just trying to raiseCagey (Kelli Oliver George)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-54465376774798465892009-03-18T21:29:00.000-05:002009-03-18T21:29:00.000-05:00well written as a mom who chose not to breastfeed ...well written as a mom who chose not to breastfeed (for reasons that are nobody's darn business), I very often feel judged, but I have no desire to start judging others... we are all afterall concerned with raising healthy happy kids.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097880461727575640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-40818150549131547562009-03-18T21:25:00.000-05:002009-03-18T21:25:00.000-05:00Great post about the necessity of cross-breastfeed...Great post about the necessity of cross-breastfeeding in areas with limited supplies of fresh, clean water. As I've told you, and you know, my parents lost their first child as a result of an extended series of illnesses that originated with their baby being fed tainted formula on the pretext that it was the more modern and healthier thing to do when my mother had trouble breastfeeding after the Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.com