Mary & Drew: "I survived nipple confusion" or, The End of the Supermom Era

Sunday, February 19, 2012

"I survived nipple confusion" or, The End of the Supermom Era

This article does not apply to your perfect kids, of course.

3 comments:

Beth said...: haha the comments! Um, let's just say there were SEVERAL instances when Leo was little that he'd be crying.... and I'd be like "What is wrong with that kid?"

"Oh..... I haven't fed him in awhile!" lol poor third child :); Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Julie said...: LOL at Beth! Poor Leo!; Thursday, February 23, 2012
Beth said...: Still can't figure out what's wrong w him!; Friday, February 24, 2012

Why not?

From a moral point of view, circumcision is permissible if, in accordance with therapeutic principles, it prevents a disease that cannot be countered in any other way.
-Pope Pius XII, 1952

Except when performed for strictly therapeutic medical reasons, directly intended amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations performed on innocent persons are against the moral law.
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2297

Neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal and healthy prepuce.
-Australian Academy of Pediatrics, 1996

The AAPS does not support or condone the practice of child circumcision.
-Australasian Academy of Pediatric Sciences, 1996

Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed.
-Canadian Pediatric Society, 1989

The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons advises that there is rarely a clinical indication for circumcision.
-2003

There are no valid medical indications for circumcision in the neonatal period.
-American Academy of Pediatrics, 1971