HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads
Formula Industry Urged Softer Campaign

By Marc Kaufman and Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 31, 2007; Page A01

In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of insulin syringes and asthma inhalers topped with rubber nipples.

Plans to run these blunt ads infuriated the politically powerful infant formula industry, which hired a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a former top regulatory official to lobby the Health and Human Services Department. Not long afterward, department political appointees toned down the campaign.

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The Devil will do any thing for $$$, even jeopardizing the health -n- welfare of the new born...

These people need to be exposed...

I heard about this.

Not only is breast milk better for the baby, but it's FREE for the mom. CRAZY

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Originally posted by hulaw94:
I heard about this.

Not only is breast milk better for the baby, but it's FREE for the mom. CRAZY

The key is to encourage the mother to breast feed...there are a lot of women who don't want to do so, because of the "pain" they've heard other women go through...Another key is to make sure the mother takes care of herself and eats well during and after her pregnancy, if not before, to ensure healthy milk for the baby.

My wife breast fed for 11 1/2 months. I was SOOO happy when it was over, but it was worth it.

Now, my boy drinks nothing but Soy Milk.

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Originally posted by shine3000:
My wife breast fed for 11 1/2 months. I was SOOO happy when it was over, but it was worth it.

Now, my boy drinks nothing but Soy Milk.

Why were you happy when it was over??

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Originally posted by Ms MEAC:

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Originally posted by shine3000:
My wife breast fed for 11 1/2 months. I was SOOO happy when it was over, but it was worth it.

Now, my boy drinks nothing but Soy Milk.

Why were you happy when it was over??

My dad had been telling me for awhile that when my son gets off the breasts, we would grow a lot closer. As soon as my son didn't have my wife to run to everytime he needed comfort, I was able to do more things. Instead of crying when she left the room, he would cry when I left the room. It in turn made me and the wife's relationship better because I wasn't always frustrated because he wasn't gravitating toward me, and she wasn't frustrated because now she could have some alone time. Now, he's like my little best friend.

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Originally posted by shine3000:

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Originally posted by Ms MEAC:

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Originally posted by shine3000:
My wife breast fed for 11 1/2 months. I was SOOO happy when it was over, but it was worth it.

Now, my boy drinks nothing but Soy Milk.

Why were you happy when it was over??

My dad had been telling me for awhile that when my son gets off the breasts, we would grow a lot closer. As soon as my son didn't have my wife to run to everytime he needed comfort, I was able to do more things. Instead of crying when she left the room, he would cry when I left the room. It in turn made me and the wife's relationship better because I wasn't always frustrated because he wasn't gravitating toward me, and she wasn't frustrated because now she could have some alone time. Now, he's like my little best friend.

ahhh...that's beautafa

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Breast-Feeding

Great idea