Comments on: Another article question http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/09/30/another-article-question/ writing, mothering, writing about mothering Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:44:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Zelda http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/09/30/another-article-question/#comment-321 Zelda Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:06:51 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=187#comment-321 I only have a moment, so please don't quote, but my worst parenting advice came from my mother-in-law. Her convictions about the "normalcy" of bottle-feeding were the primary reason I switched my oldest child from breast to bottle by the time he was six months old. With my second baby, I had grown more stubborn and confident as a mother, and I *never* gave him a bottle or pacifier. I think it's a shame when the older generation inflicts its parenting deficiencies upon new mothers. I only have a moment, so please don’t quote, but my worst parenting advice came from my mother-in-law. Her convictions about the “normalcy” of bottle-feeding were the primary reason I switched my oldest child from breast to bottle by the time he was six months old.

With my second baby, I had grown more stubborn and confident as a mother, and I *never* gave him a bottle or pacifier. I think it’s a shame when the older generation inflicts its parenting deficiencies upon new mothers.

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