Svenny says no to the bottle (for a change)

I have to stop interfering! I read baby blogs and interfere with everything they say. I just get annoyed and it's too hard trying to change the world. At least right now!
But it's so hard to shut up when people are wrong. When people are basing their decisions on anecdotal evidence, which this god damn world wibe web is full of."I couldn't breastfeed because it was too hard." We couldn't get pregnant for two years but i didn't hear anyone say "don't worry if it's too hard, you don't have to get pregnant". You don't give up, so why would you give up on breastfeeding? Childbirth is really bloody hard, but i don't hear people saying they tried for a while but it was really hard so i gave up. Everything else related to childbirth is hard so why do we expect breastfeeding to be easy? Then there are the anecdotes that tell us that "my children were formula fed and they're fiiiiine". Of course they're fine. You can live on crisps and red bull and coffee and biscuits and you'll still be fine. You smoke twenty a day and you're fine! But you don't know if the cancer you get when you're 65 is due to poor diet or bad luck. Or the ear infection you get when you're eight is down to lack of breastmilk or bad luck. Would you take the chances with your precious perfect child? I know i wouldn't.
I have had a real struggle breastfeeding my baby. But i got the facts right, and because i got the facts right i have stuck to it. Thanks to analyticalarmadillo.co.uk and kellymom.com which are the best evidence-based websites i have ever come across. But for me, it is enoughto just smell a bottle of formula. Would you drink that? I wouldn't and i certainly wouldn't give my baby anything i wouldn't have myself...Breastmilk, on the other hand, is quite delicious.