tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955304210599373230.post9142147234439803034..comments2024-03-25T11:13:20.941+00:00Comments on Fuse open science blog: Ignoring the ‘experts’ and sticking with the hard to follow guidance as a momFusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167289608282259405noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955304210599373230.post-25696966401036186602013-02-01T12:16:57.900+00:002013-02-01T12:16:57.900+00:00Hi Heather,
I totally agree with all your comment...Hi Heather, <br />I totally agree with all your comments and I am amazed to know that you still breastfeed 2 children and one is 18 months old. Well done! I didn't manage to go that long. Answering your question. I think it is part of the culture in Brazil, your Mom, your grandmother, everyone that you know breastfeed at least for the first 3 months. I remember also watching some advertises on TV about breastfeeding and TV celebrities commenting about breastfeeding their child. And as TV plays a huge part in people’s opinion in Brazil, I think that helps. Just another interesting fact I read recently that the number of TVs in Brazilian slums are almost double of the number of fridges.Lianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955304210599373230.post-5037571619124948672013-01-31T17:11:54.154+00:002013-01-31T17:11:54.154+00:00I love the way that even the evidence for somethin...I love the way that even the evidence for something like the benefits of breastfeeding is so heavily contested. It ought to be relatively simple to prove or disprove in terms of impact on child and maternal health outcomes, but apparently not. The French discourse around breastfeeding is entirely different (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/01/france-breast-breastfed-baby-death for a good laugh), and these cultural differences and the impact they have on use of evidence and the hijacking of the discourse are exactly why we need more sociologists in Fuse!!Janet Shucksmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955304210599373230.post-65640610854808863732013-01-24T14:52:59.286+00:002013-01-24T14:52:59.286+00:00I think your post illustrates very clearly the way...I think your post illustrates very clearly the way in which 'evidence' does not necessarily translate into 'advice'. Particularly when cute-but-wailing babies are involved, professionals can allow lay beliefs and emotions to take over from evidence-based knowledge and clinical judgment - and I don't think that's sufficiently acknowledged. In the UK, I suspect that some of those 'experts' who advocate bottle feeding and leaving babies to cry are parents who themselves struggled with breastfeeding and sleepless nights and who are giving the advice they wish could have been given to them. What does Brazil do right to make breastfeeding the norm rather than an exception?<br /><br />(Quick declaration of interest: mine are 3 and 18 months, and I'm still breastfeeding them both, and have barely had a proper night's sleep since 2009. And yes, they feed themselves too, and the kitchen floor hates me for it too..)Heather Yoelinoreply@blogger.com