It's personal choice - get over it! There shouldn't be a debate about it to start with! I am a HUGE believer in Breast but would never push my opinions on anyone and nor should anyone else!

for god sake isnt it about time u all shook this 1 off if u want to bottle feed your child bottle feed if you prefer to breastfeed your child then do that this is all stupid now give it a break and everyone can be happy and enjoy minti again lol.

hey omg stop giving winja such a hard time she was tryin to help read it!!!!!! geez come on ppl

exactly right everyone has their own opinion on this matter and its fine we are not here to justge people we should be offering advice and support!!

am i the only one that has noticed that YOU!! are the one going on about boob verses breast. you have gone and done this in q and a. do not read peoples personal blogs then go and windge about it in q and a that is not what this is for. no bitching please

I totally agree 100%  with Winja no matter how much the arguemant against or for is going to change peoples minds,this debate could go on for months or yrs lol as there is always gunna be another person with their views to put forward.I think it is time to put it to bed and move on to another subject.

                                               Cham

I think that the great thing about Minti is that we can debate issues about matters close to our hearts, and everyone seems to have a view about breast and bottle feeding. I think the problem about online forums is that we can have a habit of saying things in a way that we might not otherwise say to family, friends or strangers. We get the chance to air our whole view without seeing how another person is taking it.

I think that the sentiment behind Winja's Q was really that we should just be more sensitive about the way we do things. I don't think she was attacking anyone but expressing a view. As others have commented, blogs are for expressing personal views and as long as they are in line with the Code of Conduct, I reckon anything goes. If you disagree with someone's blog, you can say so, but if you can't do it nicely, just don't.

I think that the debate will continue and I think that's right - we all have a wealth of personal experience. But for me, it comes down to the fact that we should support, not criticise. Debate, not argue. All the time this is happening, then people shouldn't have cause to get offended (and we have no right to be offended purely because we don't agree with the other person, only if they are being offensive). So, my take is that Winja is really sending up a rallying call to play nice. We all deserve it!

Ok go away and get a cuppa or whatever, in fact, have a bottle of red, it's freezing and it's it's Saturday.  Let's all agree that breast feeding and bottle feeding seems to be a heated topic. 

If you have an opinion on it great, however if you can't discuss it without losing your cool, taking it personally, or making personal remarks against another member, then you are being disrespectful to Minti, the other users, and yourself. 

Now if you are in someones blog arguing or marking down comments in it, you should go and find something else to do that is a little more positive.  We are supposed to be a group of parents collectively pooling together to help each other, not to belittle each other.  There is no wrong, there is no right, there is just a lot of information that you can choose to use or discard along the way.

just want to clear one thing up. i wasnt pointing a finger at anyone in particular nor did i mention anyones blog or advice or question . i was speaking in general. im not going to argue about anyones blog if u would like to do that take it up with them. my q was cant we all just drop it now?

Oh yes - lets all censor our blogs!  Any other topics off limits too????

While you are at it could you ask the formula companies to stop pedaling their formula through the use of "free samples" in child care centres etc. They have a lot more money to publicise their cause than the breast feeding supporters. Most of whom have nothing against bottle feeding mothers. They just want accurate information and support out there so that all women can make educated choices and can get the support they need to allow them to happily proceed along the path they have chosen ( be it breast feeding or bottle feeding).
I have to wonder how many of the bottle feeders who get upset by pro breast feeding comments may have actually been able to breast feed had they been given the right information and support when they needed it. Surely if you feel upset that you were unable to breast feed you would not want another woman to feel that way too if something could be done to prevent it.

Blogs are the place to make personal comment.
As individuals it is our own choice what we choose to read, and how we choose to let it affect us. If you think the topic is likely to upset you then don't click on it!

In response to the  comment by one member that she didn't know it was a blog when she clicked on it  from the home page. Here is a trick you may find handy.  I use Mozzilla fire fox so I am not sure if it works like this in Internet Explorer but if I just hold my cursor over a link on the activity page or the home page then at the bottom of my screen on the left hand side it gives the address which lets me know if it is a blog or a group etc. Quite a useful little trick I have found.

oh my goodness! It's in my own blog and there's nothing in it that's judgemental! If people want to take it that way there's nothing i can do about it.  My goodness this is rediculous! I thought blogs were open to put what we want in there! I would like it if people break down other things we use in day to day life, as was said shampoos contain all sorts of nasties and I think it would be good to look at what's really in things.  Not to say people who use them are bad people, they have their reasons and I wasn't judging but got attacked for it anyway.

I started a group for parents who bottle feed after the whole argument the other day when things got very heated. I thought that by doing this we would have a place to go and talk about bottle feeding and get support from each other without having to deal with nasty and hurtful comments...and people who generalise.

yes i agree , like u said a happy mum is a happy baby  and thats all thats matters

julie

that's what I said earlier. Leave the relevant comments etc in the groups that were formed. I'm really over it and yet others keep bringing it up. This is going to be one of those subjects that people are just going to have learn is a sensitive one and not everyone is going to agree. That's it from me, attack away, I no longer care.

i totally agree...

it's getting boring now, and at the end of the day all that matters is a happy and healthy baby!!!

lol xxxx.

why who's still going on about it? yours is the first thing i've seen about it for a while

Well said and I fully agree.

xx's Rach

A very good point to make, why continue this never ending circle that ends up becoming an unhealthy debate.  There have been groups formed for both bottle feeding and breast feeding, perhaps it would be better discussed there.  Another good point:  Don't type anything you wouldn't say in person, and remember, once it is typed, there is no taking it back.

Happy healthy babies with full tummies and happy healthy Mums is what it is all about - oops and Dad's are bound to feel happier and healthier if the status quo exists - let's not forget Dad's, they love boobs and bottles too.