Spoiled for milk powder: The resistance of a mother inspires the net

Breast or bottle - the eternal conflict

Not every baby can be breastfed. Some children have docking problems, others have a violent reaction to breast milk. The result: In addition to the stress with the newborn, the affected mothers are still reproaching that they abandon their child in this point. The constant reminder that breastfeeding is just better for babies does not make things easier.

The same happened to Annie Ferguson Muscato from Florida: During shopping, she was rebuked rudely by another mother when she put a packet of milk powder in the car - with the sentence: "Breastfeeding is better!"

An outrage that strongly contradicted Annie in an open letter on Facebook:



"I know 'breastfeeding is better!', Just like you."

"Dear foreign woman in the supermarket,

you would not have bought milk powder at all 'breastfeeding is better!' I have to know that myself.

I know that my husband and I enthusiastically attended the four-hour breast feeding session when I was pregnant. I know that my baby immediately had skin contact, and drank from my breast within an hour of her birth, because it was important to me. I know we went to a lactation consultant before we got home, and again a few weeks later. I know it was hard for us in the beginning. That we had to cry together on some nights. That my dear friends swore to me that it would get better. I know they were right, and it actually got better. I know 'breastfeeding is better!', Just like you.



Dear Stranger in Target, "I am not happy with my baby", because I ...

Posted by Annie Ferguson Muscato on Saturday, April 16, 2016

"My baby screamed for eight hours at a time"

But let me tell you what else I know. I know that my baby screamed wildly when she drank. Curved in pain. Do not calm down. I know that I've been pumping out the last one and a half months exclusively and testing special breastmilk bottles for slow sucking, as well as different drinking positions. I visited another breastfeeding advisor. I know I held my baby, my baby, while screaming for hours - once for eight hours at a time. I know we've been at the pediatrician at least twice a week since birth. I know that I have tried to ban soy, dairy and leafy vegetables from my diet so that my milk is easier to digest for them. I've pumped-and still do-enough to have tens of liters of breastmilk in my freezer, though she'll never be able to drink them. All because of 'breastfeeding is better!'



"I thought my body had failed you."

And then, finally, we tried it with the hypoallergenic, lactose-free milk powder that I bought today in front of your nose. And the screaming became less. And my baby started to smile. She started to respond to us. She started to sleep.

And I cried. Because I thought "breastfeeding is better!" I thought my body had failed her. I thought she would not get as healthy with milk powder as breastfed children.

I know that you think I do not care, or that I'm just too lazy. Or maybe you just wanted to be helpful and thought that someone would never tell me what breastfeeding benefits are.

But you are wrong. What I know, and you do not, is that breastfeeding is NOT always the best. I know that a happy, healthy baby is the best. I know SATT is the best.

"Mothers should support each other!"

I'm sure we both know how hard it is to have a child. Really hard. That sometimes it just does not work the way we planned things before, but we all try to do the best for our babies.

Therefore, dear strangers, next time you see someone buying powdered milk try to remind moms to support each other. Think of everything that you may not know. Remember, "Satt is the best" and smile, because it means someone loves their baby enough to do what is best for them.

In love,

Another mother who does her best, and a happier bottle-milk baby. "

What's important is what's good for the baby

The open letter was quickly shared a thousand times on Facebook and needed Annie much encouragement: a number of mothers were tired of being criticized for something that they could not control themselves.

Ultimately, Annie puts it perfectly to the point when she writes that only the baby's health counts, and nothing else.

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