Hospitals pressured to end free baby formula

[LadyHawkAZ]

112. A new mom with a first baby?

It's terrifying. If you don't have someone there with experience to talk you through the first days, yes it's very easy to be that "dumb". I almost was; lucky me, who had my mom there with 5 kids' worth of experience to explain about breastfeeding and pry the bottle of formula out of my hands (she threw them all away).

First time parenthood is starting an important, stressful new job with minimal experience, half the necessary training, and often no supervisor or mentor. And a shit-ton of misinformation. And a huge workload, all marked "urgent!". And twenty pushy salesmen waiting for you in the lobby. You're guaranteed to make mistakes, but this particular mistake is a setup by formula manufacturers to encourage frightened new parents to buy their products when they don't need or even want to. It's a scam, and it does need to be stopped.