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Here we go again with the View!! They were talking about Desperate Housewives & showing a clip of the woman b/fing & Elisabeth was saying it's too much to have a 5 year old able to stand up and nurse & Joy was saying that pretty soon he'll start leaving tips for her. The guest host (Gina from the show "Martin") said that it's a myth that nursing helps lose weight & was asked how long she nursed & she said 4 months, then Elisabeth was saying how she stopped nursing at 6 months b/c her schedule didn't have time for it & her baby was already doing both bottle & breast so it wasn't a big deal and that her breasts were 30 lbs so it didn't help her lose weight either.

What irritates me is that some people watching this think these people actually know what they're talking about. When will America wake up & realize BREAST IS BEST for babies...there should be no room for debate about schedules not working, etc... b/c it should be the norm!!!

Grrrr.....
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Come on mamas, lets give them our view.

Email your View
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Remember Desperate Houswives is an ABC production - so is The View.

Maybe we'll just have a standing Nurse-In date outside of ABC every June. :Lol
Thanks for the e-mail link Kannon99!
Oh gawd, I HATE the View! They offend me practically every time I end up watching them!

I was forced to watch them this morning in a doctor's waiting room while I waited for my husband. I was ignoring them, until they started talking about breastfeeding, and then I tuned in just long enough to listen to figure out what nonsense they were sitting around spewting, and then I tuned back out again.

They are nothing but a bunch of women sitting around letting America know what their opinions of life and womanhood are. Absolutely no facts in just about anything that comes out of their mouths. You could get just about the same amount of "truth" listening to gossip in the lady's bathroom.

I doubt any competent woman would ever watch them and listen to them to get "facts" on things, and if a woman somewhere is watching The View to get information on something, then I pity her for thinking that she thinks she will find 'facts" on "the View".
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I was afraid the DH episode would be taken that way in mainstream circles. Sigh.

And ... the bottle tastes better? I wonder if she has ever tasted formula? (Or breastmilk, for that matter!
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I've tasted both. Trust me, I don't see how anyone could think formula tastes good at all. Breastmilk, however, while I couldn't drink a whole glass of it is good.
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I've tasted both. Trust me, I don't see how anyone could think formula tastes good at all. Breastmilk, however, while I couldn't drink a whole glass of it is good.
Yup, me too!
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Well, I've never tasted either, but dh has tasted breastmilk. When my oldest was a baby, I worked four hours a day and pumped for her. One morning, he made a cup of coffee and opened the refrigerator to find there was no milk. He saw a bottle of breastmilk and put some in his coffee. He said it was good, but he had to use much more than usual to make the coffee light enough.
He'd kick my butt if he knew I was telling this story.
Oh, and I've smelled formula. It smells like puke. I can't imagine it would taste better!
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Originally Posted by Bridie's Mama
Elisabeth was saying how she stopped nursing at 6 months b/c her schedule didn't have time for it [...]
Umm, if you don't have time to feed your kid, maybe you should cut something else out of your schedule?
Never tasted formula but when my oldest went on formula I practically needed to wear a mask just to mix it. Barf!
I hate the View.
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Umm, if you don't have time to feed your kid, maybe you should cut something else out of your schedule?
Yeah, no kidding!

Elisabeth works 1 hour a day and she managed to bf her child for 6 months. Why did it suddenly not fit in with her schedule?
Lydia, the View makes me barf too! .... Oh you meant the formula...

Mommy2Emerson, I agree, - get your priorities straight woman!!! Re-arrange your schedule for your childs sake, it's only temporary!
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I mean if WOHM can pump and BF for a year or more and they work 9-5 jobs, why they heck can't she manage it on a 1 hour a day job. Granted, I'm sure there are meetings etc., but I doubt that having your nanny take care of teh baby at work instead of home is that big of a deal.
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You know what makes me sad is I get the feeling that Meredith and Joy actually know better, but they are too chicken to stand up and say what they know is true. They let Starr, Barbara and that bubble head Elizabeth spout off nonsense without a peep because they are afraid of "offending"
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Originally Posted by Bridie's Mama
..When will America wake up & realize BREAST IS BEST for babies...there should be no room for debate about schedules not working, etc... b/c it should be the norm!!!
Maybe when women will have a year and a half (minimum) maternity leave (like it is, for instance, in Russia). I think it will also be time when America wakes up and realize that putting a baby to sleep away from the mother and let her/him cry out is really bad idea as well (but it just happenned to work really well for working tired moms). Baby doesn't need this 'beautiful' flowery (or whatever is on the walls) prison room that is called nursery (I guess, parents are the ones who need this crap and babies have to suffer). Babies are designed to sleep with their mom and feel her warmth, smell, heartbeat, breathing and skin…
Sorry for saying that but that just makes me so sad that a lot of US moms got their priorities totally screwed up!
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...Elisabeth was saying it's too much to have a 5 year old able to stand up and nurse .....
My dd has been standing in my lap and nursing since around 9 months. Guess I should have weaned her then.
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