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I agree with CP that it seems strange that HK parents aren't too willing to give their kids (NOT babies) fresh milk. Parents here, I think generally transit their kid out from formula into milk plus solid food around 8 - 12 months. (slowly)
May be it's harder to get fresh milk from reliable source?

I did some googling and found that local fresh dairy cows are very limited in HK. (e.g. Trappist Dairy) And others are either local brand but sourced from China or extra pasteurized processed milk from further away (Australia) but they are not called "fresh milk" in HK.
I read somewhere that some will pay a lot to get Organic fresh milk from US. (small batches import by air).
So that explains why parents prefer formula in HK. It's from trusted source.
From watching a little bit of TV during my trips to HK, I found out that formulas are highly advertised in HK. They are like miracle  food for your kid to grow up fast, be smart, develop good career and poo.

Look4chrisng

To breast feed a baby, it's hard work at the beginning, very hard.  So most families get discouraged and give up in the first few days.  In fact, milk doesn't really come out until a week later.  Most new parents themselves are not growing up breast-fed, so they don't know how it works, and no one educates them, and no help from grandparents or peers.

Plus, HK hospitals are busying making money, breasting feeding doesn't bring in any revenue, so how could they care.  In fact, more babies get sick, the potential revenue pool are larger. (Breast fed babies normal don't get sick the first year).

So, Canada Hospitals are famous for being breast feeding Nazi.  Hospital staff make sure new parents feel bad if they didn't breast feed.

Quest

To breast feed a baby, it's hard work at the beginning, very hard.  So most families get discouraged ...
Look4chrisng 發表於 2013-2-6 09:53

    I beg to differ: when my first son was born, wife wasn't producing enough milk and the hospital encourage the use of formula to supplement in addition to regular breast feeding..

This is no breast-feeding nazi, just different ways of handling the situation.

Q.

Look4chrisng

I beg to differ: when my first son was born, wife wasn't producing enough milk and the hospit ...
Quest 發表於 2013-2-6 10:12

    The hospital make me sign a paper, before it gave us formula.  I was actually thinking about going to Superstore to get formula.  I am father of  2 kids, one is 2 months old.

Catpiano

It is true ... Harder and more expensive to get milk powder... But is it嬰兒爆發飢餓? NO....


國際援助香港?? Way more other countries before HK.

I am just tired of seeing similar complaint from HK ....

Same here.. 10 or 15 yr ago, American were rich.... With strong dollar....and they came to Canada to buy everything....and made everything expensive.... Now American are broke... So we go there to shop.....

Quest

The hospital make me sign a paper, before it gave us formula.  I was actually thinking about  ...
Look4chrisng 發表於 2013-2-6 10:20

In that sense: your hospital treated you and your family rather harshly. Unless your kind had some sort of issues...or else...

I have a 6 and a 3 yrs old, both born in dwntwn Vancouver and both breast-fed with formula supplement.

Q.

Look4chrisng

回復 36# Quest

These procedures change very often.  Now, you are not supposed the wrap the baby like we have been doing for ages.  Standard now is the hands must be loose.

Nam

回復 35# Catpiano

我未做人阿媽，但係作為一個女人係香港餵人奶真係好唔方便，依邊地方多，可以走去parent room到餵，或者去廁所餵，但係香港人多地少，又咁多人鍾意偷拍，你問我夠唔夠膽係屋企或工作地方餵真係無咩膽，好彩就話有storage夠地方去pump 奶，無咁點算？

Nam

同埋係香港排名校都唔可以怪啲媽媽，依個係社會風氣，我仲記得20年前，我表姐出嚟做暑期工， 一睇係英華即請，咁同理心作為父母有邊個唔想仔女出路好

Catpiano

Yeah... That is HK trend... Here? Who cares what school... ( care... But not big deal )

That is what I mean.. HK moms will spend day and nite or month to line up..or do whatever under table to push their kids to famous school... But not few min for breast feeding....

Here.... Breast feeding in the public is not really big deal, (just turn around or so... ) If u do it in HK.., people may put you on YouTube right the way... But pumping milk at home is very private jei.....

Again... Just culture, parents here (say honger like me) love to get kids stuff from HK Japan etc... But my HK friends always ask me to buy kids/ baby stuff for them.... As they still believe the moon here is rounder....