{"id":3862,"date":"2014-08-16T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T16:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/breast-or-bottle-who-decides-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:57:42","slug":"breast-or-bottle-who-decides-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/breast-or-bottle-who-decides-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast or Bottle? Who Decides?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3861\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/dftm_screenshot.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/dftm_screenshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/dftm_screenshot-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This month, I was honored to participate in the #ChocolateMilk campaign on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diaryofafirsttimemom.com\/2014\/08\/04\/formula-breast-milk\/\">Diary of a First Time Mom<\/a> as a guest blogger. Breastfeeding is more the norm than the exception in the Caribbean community. \u00a0We talked about it on the last Caribbean Mom Chat. \u00a0Check out what Caribbean moms had to say about breastfeeding in public, how long to breastfeed and more, on this lively Google Hangout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YvI1he_RAs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YvI1he_RAs<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <object width=\"400\" height=\"275\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-YvI1he_RAs\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-YvI1he_RAs\" \/><\/object> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, I was honored to participate in the #ChocolateMilk campaign on Diary of a First Time Mom as a guest blogger. 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