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When someone tells me the frustration of a baby who has had 5 ear infections in a year, I always ask "did you breastfeed?"
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This implied to me that you assumed non-breastfed children would have medical issues. Sorry if I misunderstood you, but I was looking at your words when I posted my response.
My point was that we cannot generalize about any group...breastfed vs bottle-fed, day care vs non-day care. If you're asking "did you breastfeed?" to a mom who is frustrated with ongoing medical issues, you're giving her the very clear message that she has done something wrong if she didn't breastfeed.
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If not, don't feel bad, it's not the end of the world, your kid will turn out just fine just as well.
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For the record, I don't feel "bad" about not breastfeeding, and I know my kids are "just fine." Although I didn't have a choice in my situation, I very well may have gone the same route (formula-feeding) because having premature twins was stressful enough without having to deal with the anxiety of trying to nurse both of them adequately...even though I was a stay-at-home mom for the first several months.