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post #1 of 21
10/22/07 at 10:07am
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a girl I know that was breastfeeding took a can home....and her son liked it so much she weaned him.......she said breastfeeding hurt anyways.....(he was fortunate enough to get 5months of breastmilk though)
post #2 of 21
10/22/07 at 10:35am
Yippee, one more successful marketing ploy.



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post #3 of 21
10/22/07 at 10:40am
Define "liked it so much". UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
post #4 of 21
10/22/07 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by menomena View Post
Define "liked it so much". UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, really. Yay, Walmart.
post #5 of 21
10/22/07 at 1:31pm
I wonder if this girl is exagerrating "liked it so much" in order to validate the weaning bc truly how many bf 5 month olds will even entertain tasting powdered formula?
post #6 of 21
10/22/07 at 1:41pm
I only wonder how many thousands of moms did the same
post #7 of 21
10/22/07 at 3:12pm
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Originally Posted by bri276 View Post
I only wonder how many thousands of moms did the same
Me too

LP
post #8 of 21
10/22/07 at 3:29pm
oor baby
post #9 of 21
10/22/07 at 5:10pm
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Originally Posted by Blondimom728 View Post
I wonder if this girl is exagerrating "liked it so much" in order to validate the weaning bc truly how many bf 5 month olds will even entertain tasting powdered formula?
Seriously... My 4m old (at the time) wouldn't even take my pumped milk out of a bottle when DP and I went out for a few hours (I nursed right before I left, and as soon as I got home 4hrs later, so she was never in a situation of having to eat it out desperation ). I can only imagine her response to the situation if it were also a new taste with the new delivery system...
post #10 of 21
10/22/07 at 7:17pm
Liked it so much? How did he tell her?

This Mama was obviously going to wean anyway. She was looking for a way out.
post #11 of 21
10/22/07 at 7:23pm
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Originally Posted by MiamiMami View Post
Liked it so much? How did he tell her?

This Mama was obviously going to wean anyway. She was looking for a way out.
she just wanted to use this as an excuse
post #12 of 21
10/22/07 at 7:40pm
Please remember the purpose of the Lactivism forum:
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The Lactivism forum is not intended to be a place where MDCers to bash mothers who are formula feeding. It is understandable that lactivists become frustrated over the mainstream formula feeding culture. Criticizing ideas, campaigns, and actions that negatively impact breastfeeding are all acceptable forms of lactivism. Name calling, criticizing individuals, or attacking women who choose to formula feed as a group are not.
While discussing Walmart's marketing practices in within the scope of the forum, criticizing or speculating about this one particular mother's motivations is not.
post #13 of 21
10/22/07 at 7:55pm
Score one for sleazy marketing.
post #14 of 21
10/22/07 at 8:07pm
It's possible that this woman was planning on weaning anyway, and used this as an excuse. But maybe she was thinking about weaning to formula but never got around to doing it, and the free formula was the "nudge" she needed. Without the marketing ploy, she may have given her baby another month or two of breastmilk, or maybe she would have kept on "forgetting" to pick up formula and ended up nursing to a year or longer.

It's also possible that once she got the formula home, other adults in the house (DP, MIL, etc) kind of bullied her into using it and discouraged BF. Maybe she was shy about NIP with a distractable baby and found the bottle easier.

The fact remains that she got the free can of formula and that encouraged her to wean. Boo! Hiss! to Walmart!
post #15 of 21
10/22/07 at 8:11pm
Ignorant and obvious question of the day:

Why didn't they save the can for someone who was already formula feeding? :
post #16 of 21
10/22/07 at 8:14pm
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Originally Posted by MKJA View Post
Ignorant and obvious question of the day:

Why didn't they save the can for someone who was already formula feeding? :
"They" who? If you mean Walmart, they wouldn't profit that way. If you mean the mom...well, I guess my answer is speculation and would butt heads with the UA so...eh...
post #17 of 21
10/22/07 at 8:15pm
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Originally Posted by rmzbm View Post
"They" who? If you mean Walmart, they wouldn't profit that way. If you mean the mom...well, I guess my answer is speculation and would butt heads with the UA so...eh...
I they a lot, sorry! They being Walmart. They being companies that make me sick with their practices.
post #18 of 21
10/22/07 at 11:56pm
Walmart probably gave away free formula for everybody with a baby, or everybody buying certain baby items such as diapers or baby clothes. Even moms already FF could be swayed to buy another brand.
post #19 of 21
10/23/07 at 12:08am
The formula lady at Walmart tried to give me Pediasure bars for my kids yesterday and I looked at her like she had three heads. I said "no thanks, my kid's don't need that junk" and walked away. I make sure that both kids get plenty of fruits, veggies and healthy snacks. I only just started a vitamin supplement because it was on the list of complementary and alternative treatments for Autism that his doc suggested.

And it's not something about people buying certain things. It's one of the free sample tables in the aisle like with BBQ sauce, cereal, frozen pizzas, etc. Anyone with a kid gets hawked to.

Anna
post #20 of 21
10/23/07 at 5:25pm
yet another reason why i refuse to set foot in walmart.
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