See the Controversial Photo of a Dad Bottle-Feeding His Baby

Submitted by the_captain on Thu, 2012-03-01 20:56

Article here. Excerpt:

'Breastfeeding activists in New Zealand raised so much of a stink over an ad featuring a dad bottle-feeding his baby that the New Zealand government actually decided to edit the image above out of the ad.

While the government's decision could be viewed as a victory for La Leche League, which protested the ad, some observers have concluded that the decision is a sad day for dads. If a father is going to be involved in the feeding of his new baby, it's only going to happen through a bottle. Even in many families where the baby is drinking breast milk exclusively, Mom is often pumping milk to allow others -- including Dad -- to feed the baby breast milk through a bottle. So, to state the obvious: An ad showing a dad bottle-feeding a baby doesn't mean that the child isn't drinking breast milk. (We won't get into the fact that parents should be allowed to make feeding choices without being judged.)'

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Even though the Le Lesche Leaugue helped me alot during my first breastfeeding experience, they are an extreme group. They went way overboard by protesting this ad.

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2012-03-02 20:36

This extremism isn't unique to New Zeland.

In Quebec, Canada (and possibly elsewhere in Canada but I have no way to confirm this), mothers are often pressured into breast-feeding their baby even if they're physically incapable of doing so.

Except instead of a separate group, it's part of the government-funded health system.

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Submitted by dudejo on Fri, 2012-03-09 10:54