Breast feeding has long been touted as the best thing you can do for your child, and education continues to persuade women to do everything in their power to breast feed their children.  But does it sometimes go so far in its persuasion attempts to make women feel guilty if they are unable to breast feed, or simply have too many other obligations to make the intense efforts to breast feed their kids or use a breast pump.  Some women actually can’t breast feed, because they have physical conditions that prevent them from doing so or they happen to have a child who latches on too hard or cannot get in sync with the mother.

Let’s face it, sometimes the effort is a good hearted one to breast feed ones child, but it also can become ill fated when the mother or child has too many issues or the mother simply finds it too painful to breast feed.

Should we be made to feel guilty for still wanting the best for the children but simply being unable or hey – unwilling to provide breast milk?  Sure, it’s supposed to be the most economical way to feed a child, and it is also supposed to boost a child’s immune system as well as to help their minds develop better and at a faster rate, but what if it simply goes against the ways that we live our lives? 

Women many times say that when the stop breast feeding thie children they feel intense guilt that is only exacerbated by the media and public pressure to breast feed their children.  I think it’s a great thing that we are encouraged to breast feed the youngsters of today, but do we sometimes go too far in the quest to make our children more healthier and stronger?  When it all comes down to it, breast feeding should still be a choice of the mother, and what is best for her life and the life of her child, together. 

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