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When to give solid food?

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    Kernel32
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    prospect wrote:
    The W.H.O. aren't exactly considering working mothers! I can see the boss appreciating staff members leaving meetings to express breast milk because they are 'bursting'.....

    There is a point where you have to balance the reality of life with what is best for baby.

    I don't think the WHO is or should be considering working mothers, they are considering the overall health of the global population. In the non-industrialized world the breastfeeding recommendations that the WHO makes are achieved at a much higher rate than the industrialized world. This is a product of how we set up our society, not whether a mother is a working mother or not.

    If the WHO were to tailor their recommendations based on criteria such as working mothers in industrialized nations then they must also change their recommendations for immunizations because the majority of the global population cannot afford them so for them it's not realistic. In spite of that through public and private donations and the perseverance of doctors and local populations polio has been virtually wiped out through immunization.

    Just think what we could do for the overall health of the population if the WHO recommendations became a priority and the vast resources of Ireland and other countries were used. It's not like these recommendations are a new thing, it's how our species and others have survived this long in the first place.


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