Post by Michele Zipp
Sometimes we hang on a celebrity's every word. But we do it other times, too. Like with feeding our babies. People hear "breast is best" and some automatically feel this is a jab at formula feeding moms. It's not. We do what we have to do, and there's so much more to the important issue of promoting breastfeeding. Formula is "allowed" to be promoted by big companies with money to spend and breastfeeding moms don't feel personally attacked about that. So the same should go for breastfeeding. Beyonce did a lot for breastfeeding because of her celebrity. If one woman tried nursing her baby because Beyonce did it, that's fabulous. But something else she did could really hurt new moms. Beyonce said she lost 57 pounds in three months because she ate lettuce every day.![]()
Sometimes we hang on a celebrity's every word. But we do it other times, too. Like with feeding our babies. People hear "breast is best" and some automatically feel this is a jab at formula feeding moms. It's not. We do what we have to do, and there's so much more to the important issue of promoting breastfeeding. Formula is "allowed" to be promoted by big companies with money to spend and breastfeeding moms don't feel personally attacked about that. So the same should go for breastfeeding. Beyonce did a lot for breastfeeding because of her celebrity. If one woman tried nursing her baby because Beyonce did it, that's fabulous. But something else she did could really hurt new moms. Beyonce said she lost 57 pounds in three months because she ate lettuce every day.