Letters to the Editor
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Why don't people stick with breast-feeding?
In my experience, breast-feeding sucked. Literally. I hated every minute, and so did my daughter, although we gave it the old college try for seven weeks. Whereafter my daugher and I were both much happier with formula. Especially because she never got one ear infection or allergy, or had more than the usual amount of diarrhea for an infant. She slept through the night about a week after she went on formula, which made us all happier.
The only thing that sucked more than breast-feeding was pumping. Made me feel like a dairy cow on the milking machine.
That said, I'm all for other women breastfeeding and happy for those who find it a joyful experience.
But I'm not surprised to learn that a lot of women give it up before the government wants them to. There are more reasons than going back to work or being uncomfortable nursing in public to stop breastfeeding.