Comments on: Twins Week: Gear smackdown

By: amanda

amanda — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:49:52 +0000

And I highly doubt any of these lovely, hardworking mothers propped the bottle and then checked out. I’m sure the babies were being watched closely and were perfectly safe. It looks like those sweet faces in the photo above all made it

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:48:28 +0000

Alicia doesn’t have multiples and therefore I can understand the initial concern. It’s the judgment which is objectionable. I breastfed my twins for 8 months and propping was an essential part of the process- breast feeding one and bottle feeding the other. It would have been dangerous not to…in fact I started doing it because I almost dropped one of my babies trying to get them both positioned.

So, dear Alicia, if you are still subscribed, there is always going to be something we don’t understand and therefore don’t support. There’s no blame there but it’s in the judgment before asking questions which makes this poster pissed. I had to make so many choices FOR my babies and in the absence of full time help, propping is a no- brainer

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:07:31 +0000

Alicia,
I don’t care how many kids you have, multiples is different. You said you were going to unsubscribe from this site because the “anti-breastfeeding advice is reprehensible.” Have YOU ever nursed twins? Good gracious woman, you don’t have the slightest clue what you are talking about, I nursed my twins for six weeks and nearly went mad from the stress as I never made enough milk for both of them, no matter what I tried. The guilt of quitting nursing is still with me but feeding the twins was AT LEAST an hour affair every time we fed and they ate every 1.5 hours for quite awhile. I was also ALONE much of the time. What in the world would you have a mother do when she is alone with two hungry babies?? NOT propping bottles would actually have resulted in the babies getting fed LESS frequently (and therefore not getting their needed nutritian) as I would not have had time to feed both in 1.5 hours if I could not prop a bottle when necessary. Also, many twins are preemie and the most important thing is making sure they get fed frequently, even if they did eat more than they normally would, which I highly doubt because most babies just push the bottle away when they are done, it is far better than the alternatives. I cannot tell you how offensive your comment was, next time keep your comments to yourself if you do not have personal experience.

By: alicia

alicia — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:10:43 +0000

I live about an hour away from everywhere. I have dealt with hungry kids and an exit ramp that was miles away. That still does not compel me to strap a bottle on my kid’s carseat to risk their child choking/drowning on milk. Babies have died from this, this isn’t a breastmilk/formula question, it is one of safety. That is why I pointed out the rather obvious issues with this device. Bottle propping in any form is a dangerous practice.

By: Marnie

Marnie — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:42:05 +0000

WOW. Angry Alicia must NOT have twins and if she does then she must be the second coming of Mother Theresa. I wish they had those bottle slings when my girls (now 4.5) were infants! We live in the middle of nowhere and our pediatrician is a 50 minute car ride away. Those would have come in SO handy during many an long and hell-ish ride.

I’m new to this site but I’ll just throw in that we couldn’t have lived (and I couldn’t have showered) without having two exersaucers! Just put in a DVD, put the nuggets in the saucers and you’ll have enough shower to time to shave your legs AND maybe even blow dry your hair.

Oh – one more thing. I wanted to breastfeed – ALICIA – but I had such severe post partum depression that I opted to take meds and NOT kill myself rather then breastfeed. Breastfeeding is not an option for lots of us. Lighten up.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:26:50 +0000

Love you, Emily.

By: Emily Davis

Emily Davis — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:33:03 +0000

Can’t you put breast milk in a bottle? And can’t you maybe just monitor babies whose bottles are propped?

What do I know. It must be hard being The Perfect Parent AND being so angry/opinionated.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:06:18 +0000

Dang, I wish I had known about the bottle sling sooner! My baby doesn’t need one anymore because she can hold her own bottle now but, man, that would have been helpful when trying to feed the baby AND bathe the toddler AND feed the kindergartner.

By: Get over it

Get over it — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:45:38 +0000

Great article. Really Alicia? Do you stop going to a store because they offer different cereals. She isn’t saying you have to bottle feed. She is saying and I quote,”… If you are going to bottle feed…”. Have you never been on the road with a hungry baby? It’s an alternative not a requirement..sheesh

By: alicia

alicia — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:53:24 +0000

I’m unsubscribing from this blog. The anti-breastfeeding advice is reprehensible. The push to ignore a child’s basic needs is deplorable. However, An article touting the merits of a bottle-propping device just plain disgusts me. I don’t care how many babies one has, they should be fed safely and in a nurturing manner. Propped bottles are for hamsters and lab rats. Humans should hold their babies in an appropriate position to feed them, however that way may be. A bottle should never be propped, especially in a car seat. That is the perfect way to ensure that the child is forced to take in more milk or formula than he or she wants to consume and puts the child at great risk for choking.