Grr... Enfamil does it again!

[brookerenee]

I'm reading my free BabyTalk magazine (I don't know why I even read it) and I saw an advertisement for "Expecta" by Enfamil. It's a vitamin (more specifically a DHA supplement) for pg and BF moms. I guess they figure they gotta try and make money off of us BFers somehow.

This ad might make it seem (to uneducated moms at least) that BM is deficient in some way, since you have to take a special supplement.

Am I oversensitive, or does this make anyone else mad, too?

By the way, I bet I could buy the very same thing at my local natural foods store. A fish oil capsule or something similar. With Omega 3 fatty acids. If I felt the need to. And it'd probably be way cheaper than the Enfamil pills.

I'm becoming more and more of a lactavist each day.

[AllyRae]

Ugh...that's just awful. I've learned a lot about what enfamil and the like support.... The sugar water the hospital forced down my son's throat...similac. Those vitamins the peds tell bf babies to take....enfamil. Ugh.

[Janice in Canada]

Yah, look at this:

Now we have infant formula manufacturers, making a drink for diabetics (perhaps those very same formula-fed babies who have developed diabetes?!?!). (Note that this press release is in the BUSINESS news, not health news area of Yahoo.)


http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041028/lath131_1.html

PBM Products, Inc., makers of Bright Beginnings(TM) infant formula with DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), has recently launched the first diabetic nutritional drink containing DHA. The patent-pending product is the only diabetic beverage offering the unique combination of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, amino acids, and other desirable nutrients essential for good health.
(see link for full article)

Janice

[Peppamint]

sheesh what next?

[wasabi]

I think they're a bit confused here. They're the ones who have to add DHA to formula. We make it all on our own. Freakin monkey butts! :

[velcromom]

Originally Posted by busybusymomma

sheesh what next?

They've got kids on formula from day one, then the ads start to prey on toddlers picky eating habits by making mom insecure about whether they get enough nutrients... here's a drink you can give them so you don't have to worry about feeding them real food. Oh, and here's one for your school age kids too, they just don't have time to eat and either do you, so here's one for you mom! And grandma and grandpa have their own special supplement beverages too. Now no one has to worry about eating healthy food ever again! Just stay on formula all your dam* life.

It makes me sick every time I see the commercials for any of those products.

[soccerchic21]

Originally Posted by Janice in Canada

Yah, look at this:

Now we have infant formula manufacturers, making a drink for diabetics (perhaps those very same formula-fed babies who have developed diabetes?!?!). (Note that this press release is in the BUSINESS news, not health news area of Yahoo.)

oh well that's nice cause the problem but at least help them out through it.

[scrapadoozer]

Originally Posted by velcromom

Now no one has to worry about eating healthy food ever again! Just stay on formula all your dam* life.

Wow, I had never thought of that before but it is so scarily true! That is what is going on, isn't it? How depressing.


brookerenee, Makes me mad! I don't think you are being oversensitive at all. As bf rates continue to go up the formula companies need to think of new ways to get their hands in our wallets. :

[mirlee]

Grrr! Formula companies suck rocks! All of those drinks scare me. Where do they get the components for this stuff? It is all over processed stuff to me.

[Peppamint]

Originally Posted by wasabi

I think they're a bit confused here. They're the ones who have to add DHA to formula. We make it all on our own. Freakin monkey butts! :

You preach it!

Originally Posted by Velcromom

They've got kids on formula from day one, then the ads start to prey on toddlers picky eating habits by making mom insecure about whether they get enough nutrients... here's a drink you can give them so you don't have to worry about feeding them real food. Oh, and here's one for your school age kids too, they just don't have time to eat and either do you, so here's one for you mom! And grandma and grandpa have their own special supplement beverages too. Now no one has to worry about eating healthy food ever again! Just stay on formula all your dam* life.

It makes me sick every time I see the commercials for any of those products.

I know very few moms who are able to get their kids to eat whole foods, salad, good meat, beans and legumes so they feel a need for Gerber Graduates, fortified cow's milk, Ensure, and vitamins. KWIM?

[3girlsmommy]

HAve you ever looked at the ingredients in those nasty drinks? It's full of High fructose corn syrup not to mention all the other crap and we wonder why some many kids have add/adhd?

Same thing w/ all those prepared foods for kids. It's all full of preservatives, sodium and fats. Not something I want my kids eating ever let alone on a daily basis. So many people just are too lazy to care what goes into their kids bodies. If they can pull it out of the pantry and pop it in the microwave it's great! I have a friend that feeds her kids cold hot dogs from the fridge. They like them that way and hey it's quick and easy so that's what they have for lunch and many nights dinner.

[Nikki Christina]

I am glad that this is now available

my son has a genetic disorder & along with it comes a DHA defiency
we have had him on DHA a few years.. for a few years we got it from a researcher in Spain, we where in a study there

anyways.. long story short. he's now on OTC DHA becuse we had to leave the study after he had trach surgery & cannot travel anymore.. we cant use fish oils because they have EPA which decreases the DHA in the blood

Im glad these are available for several reasons..
1 , they come in 200 MG for cheeper then the 100 mg we where having to buy before

2, mothers that may be pg with my sons disorder & dont know it will be giving their kids a better chance if its a widely recomended thing..

3, american women have much lower levels of DHA then other countries


I also took DHA when pg with my daughter because it was recomended by our doc (the spanish researcher) becuse she decided to test some of the mothers of children with PD & discovered that almost all where DHA defecient..
I also took it the 3 years she was Breastfeed.. dosent make me uneducated.. i just knew it couldnt hurt & was willing to pay my money for it

years ago folic acid wasent recomended... now it is.. now DHA is recomened.. seems like the same thing to me

[annettemarie]

Originally Posted by mirlee

Grrr! Formula companies suck rocks! All of those drinks scare me. Where do they get the components for this stuff? It is all over processed stuff to me.

They kept trying to make me drink this crap after the baby was born. Whenever they left, I flushed it!


Annette

[Peppamint]

I have nothing against supplements, but I just wonder if this supplement will be of the same quality as a supplement made by a more naturally minded company. KWIM?

[brookerenee]

I have nothing against supplements either, but I'm angry at the way formula companies are marketing them to us - by making us think that our BM is deficient, and therefore either (A) we spend our money on their "Expecta" pills. or (B) we get so scared we switch to using their artificial baby milk.

[Peppamint]

Originally Posted by brookerenee

I have nothing against supplements either, but I'm angry at the way formula companies are marketing them to us - by making us think that our BM is deficient, and therefore either (A) we spend our money on their "Expecta" pills. or (B) we get so scared we switch to using their artificial baby milk.

I totally agree! I was replying to Nikki's post but forgot to check the post to show the quote.

I can see where they would be helpful in some cases, but I'm just no longer buying anything related to Nestle or Heinz anymore... and never have supported Similac, Enfamil etc.

[Meiri]

When the DHA content of humanmilk was discovered, it was discovered from moms not taking any such supplement. We make it on our own.

If a supplement is needed, then I have no problem with someone taking it, just like any other medication. But that's not how this is being marketed, is it?

I fully expect to see them next marketing a milk supplement to dairy farmers. To help the cows make good milk, dontcha know?