It just takes some effort , and more importantly, throwing away those formula samples. All the reasons I've heard about not being able to nurse other than having an adopted child could be worked through with a little effort and good advice.
Manyfeathers, have you tried seeing if a health food store nearby can order them wholesale for you?

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I suffered through an emergency cesearean, spent 4 days in the hospital, had my son in NICU for a week, went back to work eventually, and breastfed him for over 2 years, no problem! In Illinois to boot! By the way, it is Illinois law that a mother can breastfeed in public. Anywhere.

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Do you know how hard it is to find glass baby bottles?
Please send store names where they can be found. I know last year Ca. (on line) was sold out.
C

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I am tired of people referring to anyone who has a difference of opinion as a "Nazi." It both trivializes what the real Nazis did and also frames the issue as an "us vs them" rather than one of sharing information.

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I agree with the statement that the safest nipple is the real one. A lot of women don't breastfeed because they aren't given the support they need, or because their medicalized birth got in the way.
If silicone isn't safe as bakeware, why is it ok as a bottle nipple?
Those of you who feel defensive about your choice not to breastfeed (or not being allowed to or having a medical reason), remember that most of us who breastfeed are given all kinds of grief about it, from strangers and family, and often must hide ourselves away due to public pressure. How would you feel if you were kicked out of a restaurant for putting a bottle in your baby's mouth? Or told to cover up and having a blanket thrown over your baby's head by a total stranger? Not to mention having to leave the room at family gatherings.

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Well unfortunately for some women we are unable to do so and you don’t need to rub it into our faces! I agree 100% with michelle s. Im also tired of the Nursing Nazis who regularly condemn other women!

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Oh dear, I really didn't mean to offer anything more than advice - certainly not criticism or 'self-righteous attack'. All I said is that the best way to feed a baby is the one nature intended and surely nobody can argue with that? If for health reasons or for practical ones nursing is impossible, then of course mothers must have recourse to the bottle (in a manner of speaking!) My own mother bottle-fed all her babies and I don't hold that against her! However, in many instances women who could perfectly well breastfeed choose not to and personally I think that is a shame, that they and their babies are deprived of something wonderful. I didn't say it's wrong - just a shame. It has to be said that in the USA society makes it unacceptable for women to nurse babies in public and in some states it is even illegal. I raised my four children in England, where the only remarks made when I nursed my babies on trains, boats, buses, planes was "oh,how lovely!" In Illinois, where I later lived, I'd have been arrested!

So, points taken, Sabrina and Michelle and good luck with raising your children in whatever way you choose. If they are loved, all the rest is detail.

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alos spare a thought to those of us who tried very hard to be able to nurse our children, but were unable to, either because of our own health after delivery and birth or because our babies couldn't (or wouldn't) nurse. personally i'm REALLY tired of the Nursing Nazis who self-righteously regularly attack other women because they can't or choose not to nurse their children. why should women beat up on other women? isn't contemporary feminism about choice?

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Even women who breastfeed often have to put their breast milk into bottles, sometimes, Silvia. Let's not forget all those working mothers who breastfeed as well as pump their breast milk for when they are unable to be with their child.

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The safest nipple is the one attached to a mother's breast. My advice is - avoid all the expense, inconvenience and risk of bottles. Breastfeed your baby!

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