Breast Vs. Bottle
“Do you plan to breastfeed?” It’s the first question a pregnant woman usually hears after her condition is announced or becomes obvious, and it’s as likely to come from a complete stranger (or a boss!) as it is a close friend or family member. The debate over breast vs. bottle is emotionally charged, and most of the heated debate comes from mothers themselves. Instead of banding together and telling the world to mind their own business, moms often turn on each other by criticizing a choice that’s different from their own. When people on opposite sides of this particular mommy war disparage each other’s choices, it feels like their commitment to their child is being questioned. And nothing brings out the big guns faster than that.
Before your child even sprouts that first, long-awaited tooth, your doctor is likely to start threatening you with all the ways you can damage it. Of these many ways (sleeping with a bottle, excessive sugar, not brushing regularly), one of the biggest hot topics in parenting circles today is water fluoridation. Like many of the issues that divide parents into two distinct categories, this one walks the line between posing a real health risk and falling prey to an over-hyped media frenzy.
