Lol, Hey.. I am the one who made this video. Someone told me they saw this thread and I thought I'd check into it!
Lol, When I included the picture of Madison with her bottle, I didn't realize it would start a breastfeeding vs. formula debate, Lol. When I look at the picture, I just see her face. It was one of the few close-up pictures of just her face that I had of her on this computer and I only wanted pictures where she was in her carseat for the video.
becca011906, I understand where you are coming from. My sister does realize that breastfeeding/breastmilk is best. She tried it with her first son and with Madison. She took BFing classes before and after she was born and it still didn't work out for them. The doctors wanted her to be fed formula because she had jaundice that was getting worse and she was losing too much weight. While formula does not have many of the benefits that breastmilk does have, it is an acceptable form of nutrition for an infant. She was not being fed a poison. Thankfully, my niece made it through her first year being formula fed with nary a cold or ear infection. She is also at 13 months, saying 2-word phrases/sentences that many of her breastfed peers are not. I am pro-breastfeeding myself and I plan to breastfeed my own children. I however, do not think less of those who feed their babies formula and do not think it is a "dumb" choice. I am glad that you are fortunate enough to have been able to successfully breastfeed your own children.
Thank you, to those who have been passing the video along. I am glad you all liked it.
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Simplysomething, I don't really like the song either. The reason I picked it was because it was slow and was in the Top 10 on the pop airplay chart so that it would be more recognizable to Madison's father and he would be more likely to listen. Another reason was that with the song I originally used it seemed too "loud" and I thought he would be too distracted by the song to read the information. Now that I think about it, I guess he is more intelligent than that but I don't know.
Thanks again everyone!