Why a bottle feeding culture makes breast feeding more difficult Why has breast feeding become so full of problems for many women?
Because after observing bottle feeding all around us, we try to use the breast as if it were a bottle. We even speak of emptying the breast, as if it were a bottle. The fact is that a breast that is producing milk is never really empty. Women who have seen only bottle feeding commonly place a hand on the breast, squeezing it between thumb and forefinger. Or they “scissor” it between their forefinger and middle finger. Without thinking about it, they are acting as if the breast were a bottle with a firm nipple. Then they attempt to push the breast into the baby’s mouth. Or they hunch up and lean over the baby trying to drop the breast into the baby’s mouth. All of this comes from trying to breast feed a baby the same way you’ve seen bottle feeding. You never see it in countries where breast feeding is what every mother does. Women in our culture routinely press a finger against the breast near the nipple alongside the baby’s nose when it feeds. Women in breast feeding cultures don’t do
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