Breastfeeding

There's this thing about being a parent in today's world: we have the ability to research. Not saying that our parents or those who've parented before have failed or anything. but we have the capability to ask questions, seek opinions, research, data, studies, ect. We know that smoking is bad for you now, whereas years ago it was the thing to do, and they even said it treated some illnesses.
        Being a parent today we have many options, to use cloth diapers or disposable, breastfeeding or formula, co-sleeping or crib, different theories on parenting- whether you want to use the Ferber method- also known as cry it out, or attachment parenting; the choice is the parents. I choose to breastfeed my daughter, exclusively for the first 6 months (as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics) and I use cloth diapers. I find that cloth is not only friendly on my check book, is better for the environment (though some disposable diapers argue otherwise- I'm not convinced though that trees being destroyed and artificial gels made in a lab are better on the environment then using a dryer to dry your dipes but whatever you wanna believe or follow). Also with cloth diapers, there's this "addiction". Once someone starts it's all they can talk about, I mean c'mon they're super cute, and cushy, and eco-friendly, and all the patterns oh my... There's no chemicals touching my little girls bum, she;s rash free, there's breathe-ability and since she's exclusively breastfed, her dipes don't need to be rinsed yet, because breastfed poop dissolves in water. Some pretty cool stuff.
        Anyways back to parenting. Our parents made their own choices to raise us, and I strongly feel that we should be encouraged or supported on our own journey in parenthood. There's a new report daily on all the problems with people's health in the United States. Obesity is on the rise in childhood, more and more cases of diabetes, Alzheimer disease,  Parkinson's,  mineral and vitamin deficiencies plus many more.
     As a parent we hope the best for our children- some moms bank cord blood because of the stem-cells in the umbilical cord that if a health problem ever happens they have those cells to help cure whatever is wrong. I choose to wait to start my daughter on solids til I feel she's ready. I never put cereal in her body (that's linked to obesity check out parenting.com ""Babies know how much they need to drink based on volume, so upping the calories in the bottle can cause them to overfeed and become overweight," says Dr. Shu." ) Anyways obesity is linked to diabetes, as well as high cholesterol and other issues and i wanna give my daughter the best chance to prevent any disease. And how do we know what causes certain problems? We don't, but some studies have looked at certain issues within parenting and have actually provided the data for it. 
    Amazing huh? 
    Well why don't people get that sometimes their way is the best way, and if you dont want to accept their opinions then your wrong. Ok people, it's all about the parents choice. Studies are there for a reason. And please don't argue with a mother over her child. Until that child is 18, the parents have ALL the rights to do with their children as they please. Grandparents are grandparents for a reason, you had your chance to raise your own children and do as you please, why not give your children that same opportunity.




Note: I am not a professional and if needed I will provide various links for why my opinions are the way they are, if you want to read up on breastfeeding or diapers or different theories on parenting try whatever search engine you please, and look for a good source- .edu, .gov, this study, kellymom, there is so much out there. But ofcourse everything is bias and you can find a statistic to verify anything you want- look more complex