Umm.. yeah she is a little unrealistic. I did breastfeed my daughter but also used formula. She could only get milk when I breastfeed and couldn’t get anything when I pumped so when I went back to work I had to do formula while I was working… Some mom’s can’t breastfeed all the time!

Hey Gisele, thanks for confirming the theory that models are dumb. First of all, for som women, breastfeeding is not possible for a variety of reasons. So thanks for making those who want to but can’t feel that much worse.
As someone who personally makes no apology for choosing to bottlefeed when my son was an infant, I can say he’s now 5 and he’s perfectly FINE.

I do agree that her position is extreme. I also believe, though, that as parents, we don’t do enough to give our kids the very best. Including myself. I believe there is nothing better than breast milk. Period.

Its true many moms don’t BF because it is inconvenient for them, and they would rather just do what is easy rather than what is best for baby. But seriously, a law? Please. The last thing we need is more laws! And there are legitimate reasons not to BF. Of course a woman should give it her best shot, but like I said it isn’t always possible. Gisele needs to calm down about all that law junk.

I think Gisele is lucky to never have been in a situation where breastfeeding was impossible physically, or at the detriment of the mother. If I had obsessed over making sure my son was breastfed when I was in the ICU at the hospital a week post birth all hopped up on morphine I might have had my priorities a little out of whack. Sure, in an ideal world, all women would be able to, comfortable with, or in a position to breastfeed for six months, (thankfully I was once with my oldest) but guess what? Life is life and I am over the point in my life where I want to point fingers at another mother, trying the best she can and say “She’s bad because she didn’t do it perfect.”

Well, like all things, moms are taking this issue very personally. But if you look at the facts (evidence and history suggest that formula feeding is quite risky), it’s in the best interest of the vast majority of infants that breastfeeding be mandatory. It can’t be for all kinds of reasons … but I can see where Gisele is coming from. Can we give her some slack? We’ve all done this to some extent as mothers of only one kid, so if we don’t want to feel her judgement, we have to stop judging her.

I suppose we COULD cut her some slack but when you go around waving your celebrity finger, people will call you on your bull. Every woman in the world can’t breastfeed, so making it law is unrealistic. Every woman in the world doesn’t WANT to breastfeed, and we have an acceptable substitute. My mother’s OB used to say “I have 11 kids. Some were breastfed, some were not. Some were spanked, some were not. Some were circumcised, some were not. You would never be able to tell which is which.”