I had a WIC appointment today to pick up coupons. I signed in and the woman behind the counter asked if I was still bf'ing and I said yes. So, I get called around to the back to get my coupons. The woman handed me a paper and told me to fill it out. I didn't look at it before I started filling it out. Then I realized it was a sheet about weaning from the bottle! It had bits of info and reccommendations like, "don't let your baby walk around with a bottle" and "always hold your baby while giving a bottle."
It had two questions I was supposed to answer. Something along the lines of, "what are two things you can do to wean your baby from the bottle" and what are two things that weaning from a bottle can prevent?" I didn't answer them because they didn't pertain to me. The employee then told me I had to answer them. I told her that I didn't know the answers because I was bf'ing. She kind of gave me a weird look, like a "why does that matter" look and I said, "He doesn't get a bottle AT ALL. I don't know anything about bottle feeding." She said, "Oh, well that's good."
Was she just not listening when I told her I was bf'ing? Does she just assume breastfed babies get bottles anyways?
Also, why was she giving me weaning from a bottle info when my DS isn't even 4 months old?
The whole thing kind of irked me.
It had two questions I was supposed to answer. Something along the lines of, "what are two things you can do to wean your baby from the bottle" and what are two things that weaning from a bottle can prevent?" I didn't answer them because they didn't pertain to me. The employee then told me I had to answer them. I told her that I didn't know the answers because I was bf'ing. She kind of gave me a weird look, like a "why does that matter" look and I said, "He doesn't get a bottle AT ALL. I don't know anything about bottle feeding." She said, "Oh, well that's good."
Was she just not listening when I told her I was bf'ing? Does she just assume breastfed babies get bottles anyways?
Also, why was she giving me weaning from a bottle info when my DS isn't even 4 months old?
The whole thing kind of irked me.
uzzled , but yes wic workers rarely see a baby who never gets bottles. sad but true.
