• Published:March 26th, 2008
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The folks at mothering.com weigh in on J-Lo’s Lack of Lactivism:

On Celebrity Babies there is part of the interview from People magazine posted and she says that she isn’t breastfeeding because her mother didn’t breastfeed. Then in the comments there are a bunch of people saying good for her for admitting she didn’t want to do it. The most brilliant comment is the one that says that if you are going to breastfeed you should do it because you enjoy it. Yeah, I know that is my reasoning in all my parenting decisions. How about breastfeeding because it’s best for the baby? Nah, too selfless.

Even if she doesn’t want to she could easily hire a wet nurse or buy BM.

You read my mind. She can hire me to wet nurse lol. At least she was honest. However, my parents made poor choices, that doesn’t mean I have to do the same. ETA: I’m just thinking about all the women who’d love to nurse but can’t or have great difficulty with it b/c they have to work. There Jennifer is, with all the money in the world doesn’t have to work another day in her life and won’t even give it a shot.

So maybe I should only change DS’s diapers if I enjoy it, huh? Then again, changing diapers “just isn’t for me,” so maybe I won’t. Unless there’s a real barrier to BF’ing, I just have a hard time seeing it as optional.

So who is going to write to People about this? Fine, she chose to FF, but what it ridiculous about her comment was “best for them”. that is the most asinine reason I have ever heard for not ffing. why doesn’t she just say she doesn’t want to use her breasts? or that she can’t stand the thought of it? or some other real reason. not because its best for *them*. its best for *HER*. duh. that needs to be clarified in a letter to People. and I think I am too annoyed to write it.