[PamalaLauren]

This is from my Parenting magazine that I got today and I thought it would be a great discussion here:

Should formula cans have a warning lable that it's better to breastfeed?

Please explain your answer.

Mine is no. I see too many women feeling guilty enough about not being able to breastfeed that I think it's wrong to rub it in their face on the formula can. I know far too many breastfeeding Nazis out there that have judged me as bad because I don't breastfeed. They don't even care why I couldn't, apparently I was supposed to put my child at harm instead of doing what was medically necessary. So a warning on the can would just make people feel even more bad for not being able to or chosing not to and frankly it's no one's business but my own what I feed to my child.

[mama2riley]

I agree - no. People who make the choice to use formula are not going to read a warning label and be like, oh ok I am now going to breastfeed instead. Formula is not bad, and that makes it seem the same as putting a warning label on cigarettes or something. Good question.

[Alejandros Mommy]

Ooo! I thought there was something wrong with it that they found when I first read your post

I agree that it shouldn't....its not bad for babies. So it shouldn't have a warning label. Warnings are cautions against bad things....Formula is not bad for babies. BF is better for them BUT some women can't or choose not to BF and should not be made to feel bad because the FF.

[MamaWrites]

I thought it already had since they seem to put in at the bottom of thier tv ads.

[PamalaLauren]

They do have a little blurp on the can but it's not highlighted or anything. I hadn't even noticed it until you mentioned it. I think what the question asks is about warning lables in big red letters and what not.

[JeanLynn81]

Thats just wrong! I agree-why would they need to warn anyone if the formula isn't actually bad for the babies? Anyone who cares about their unborn child does the research ahead of time anyways-and its everywhere that bf is better than ff. A label isn't going to change their minds if thats the choice they make. And all it will do to moms who have no choice is make them feel guilty!

[twinzplus3]

They already do have a sentence on the side that says that breastmilk is better than formula for babies. I don't think they need to add something further. IMO, discussions about the benefits of breastfeeding need to come from pediatricians, hospital staff, lactation consultants, etc.

[JeanLynn81]

Originally Posted by twinzplus3

IMO, discussions about the benefits of breastfeeding need to come from pediatricians, hospital staff, lactation consultants, etc.

I totally agree!

[froggles_fi]

as above

[simplechic]

Good grief. Everyone knows it's better to breastfeed. But it isn't exactly dangerous to give a baby formula, is it? I think the breastfeeding nazis are really trying to shove breastfeeding down moms throats. I have breastfed both of my babies, but would never criticize another mother who doesn't. Every mom just does whatever she decides is best for herself and her own child, and we should stop trying to make eachother feel guilty for doing things differently than we do them.