Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? Not!
From the Daily Mail:
Mayor Bloomberg has demanded that
hospitals stop handing out baby formula to persuade more new mothers to
breastfeed their babies.
The
New York City health department will monitor the number of formula
bottles being given out and demand a medical reason for each one.
From
September 3, 27 out of 40 hospitals in the city have agreed to the
terms of the Latch On initiative - which will also see them stop handing
out free bags of formula and bottles.
Ban: Mayor Bloomberg is locking up the formula at New York hospitals to encourage mothers to breastfeed their newborns
Although mothers who want to bottle
feed their babies will not be denied formula, it will be kept under lock
and key similar to medications.
However any mother who requests formula will be given a lecture on why breastfeeding is better by hospital staff.
'Human breast milk is best for
babies and mothers,' said health commissioner Thomas Farley when the
campaign was launched in May.
You do realise that is was the "educated, know-it-all elites," who told women that breastfeeding was bad for babies, women, and their careers and it should be stopped in the first place, don't you?
'With this initiative the New York City health community is joining together to support mothers who choose to breastfeed.'
Breast is best: The Latch On program from the NY
health department has seen an increase in the number of mothers
breastfeeding newborns
However mother-of-two Lynn Sidnam, who formula-fed both her daughters, told the New York Post: 'If they put pressure on me, I would get annoyed.'
Some hospitals are already operating under the policy. NYU Langone Medical Center has seen breastfeeding rates soar to 68 per cent from 39 per cent.
Medical experts support the Latch On initiative. The
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies should be
exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their life as it
lowers risk of ear, respiratory and gastrointestinal infections and developing asthma.
It
is also in the health interests of the mother. There has been a link
established between breastfeeding and reduced risk of ovarian and breast
cancer, it is claimed.
Nevertheless, one must ask:
Just who the fuck do these people think that they are?
1 comment:
This is a great idea, now mothers can use their WIC cards on 40's , smoke's or maybe even trade it for crack, if the dealer has a baby mom'a......./////
Lmao.......;-D
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