Oh the horrors!

[GinaRae]

I left for a few minutes and came home to a box of Similac by my door. I am also getting coupons and e-mails. How do they find us?!

I am SO OFFENDED this time by formula crap. I just so want to have a successful BF relationship for the long haul this time and it seems like they want me to fail. I know it's misplaced paranoia - they don't know me - but I want to blame them for all my BF ills to date

[maisiedotes]

I wanted to clobber my SIL for getting me a free subscription to American Baby magazine. Full of samples and freebies of huggies, formula, etc. ugh. Not to mention, once one place gets your name and address FORGET IT- they all have it. And it is impossible to get off their stupid mailing lists. I am still getting mail (mainly Gerber stuff and book club things) that say "your baby is 2!"

[AutumnMama]

Originally Posted by maisiedotes

I wanted to clobber my SIL for getting me a free subscription to American Baby magazine. Full of samples and freebies of huggies, formula, etc. ugh. Not to mention, once one place gets your name and address FORGET IT- they all have it. And it is impossible to get off their stupid mailing lists. I am still getting mail (mainly Gerber stuff and book club things) that say "your baby is 2!"

ETA: Sorry, I didn't mean to crash in on your DDC, I just saw this in new posts and didn't realize it was here :

[chrysalis]

yeah i think mostly its when we subscribe to those mags...... or samples maybe, too? damn those formula companies...they make me soooooooooooo angry too!!! : what NERVE!!!

[GinaRae]

Originally Posted by maisiedotes

I am still getting mail (mainly Gerber stuff and book club things) that say "your baby is 2!"

Now that just sucks ass. How cruel.

[Googy]

Ugh, Gina. I got the same Similac package. My guess is that Motherhood sold them my name. DH and I were so pi$$ed. I took the cans to my local food shelter--I figure some needy mom who is already formula feeding could use them.

[GinaRae]

That's what I plan to do with them too.

[LittleLlama]

There was a poll here a while back about the BFing surveys. People who marked they planned on exclusively BF were swamped with samples (myself included), those who said they weren't sure got a few, those who said they planned on FF got NOTHING.

Take it as a compliment.. they're desperate to attract you

[MamaHippo]

Originally Posted by Googy

Ugh, Gina. I got the same Similac package. My guess is that Motherhood sold them my name. DH and I were so pi$$ed. I took the cans to my local food shelter--I figure some needy mom who is already formula feeding could use them.

I learned my lesson the first time with Motherhood - when you shop there they always offer you your "2 Free issues of Parents magazine", and of course you have to give them all your info to get it. Thats when my formula samples/ ads/ coupons/ formula company propaganda began. This time around I didnt buy a single thing from Motherhood, in boycott. Because we're homebirthing I desperately hope to avoid the onslaught of crap this time. All the stuff we got from the hospital ( our 'Breastfeeding Success Bag' which contained formula coupons, samples, diaper samples, and a booklet on 'breastfeeding' that said over and over that its ok to supplement with formula, everyone does it, etc I gave to the foodbank/outreach center at our church.

I did go to Babies r Us to get a cover for my Boppy last month, and they asked me when my duedate was and for all my info and I refused to give it, and they gave me a really hard time about not giving them the info.


Maisiedotes, that just breaks my heart. I am so sorry you're still having to deal with that.

My little sister's twin brother died at 3 days old ( they were 26 week preemies), but my mom still got magazines/ formula samples/ fliers with 'Your twins are (this) old!' and other twin-related stuff in the mail for YEARS. She tried calling them many times begging to get herself off these twin mailing lists but they never would take her off. The stuff just kept coming until they eventually moved when my sister was 6. I think thats so, so distasteful and rotten.

[Monkeybutt]

OMG!!! I got two big ol 8 oz samples. I was SO OFFENDED TOO!!!! How rude!! GRRRRR. :

I was tempted to send them back some breast milk.

[ComfyCozy]

Originally Posted by Monkeybutt

OMG!!! I got two big ol 8 oz samples. I was SO OFFENDED TOO!!!! How rude!! GRRRRR. :

I was tempted to send them back some breast milk.

rofl!! You go girl!