Dear Claire,
Lately, and by lately, I mean the last fifty years, the debate of breast milk v/s formula has raged on.
Lots of pressure being put onto mothers regarding their choice (or not!) of how their baby will be fed. Studies showing that it doesn't matter, studies showing that one is better than the other, studies showing that one will make your baby smarter, study after study after study.
I wonder, will this pressure still exist when you (maybe) have children????
I just want you to know, all the studies are wrong.
I had an epiphany last night while you were in the bath and I realized the liquid that actually makes kids smarter.
It's the bath water sucked out of the face cloth.
That's right. You heard me, the bath water sucked out of the face cloth.
Both your Auntie Andrea and I did this obsessively and between the two of us we have five university degrees, so clearly, it's the bath water that really makes kids smart.
It all came to me in a flash of dirty-water brilliance when I saw you lapping it up in the bathtub yesterday.
So don't worry about what you feed your baby, breast milk or formula, they'll turn out just fine. Well, just mediocre. If you really want a smart kid, better get them chugging that bath water a.s.a.p.
There, now you can relax and just enjoy your baby, whatever she/he is drinking.
Love Mom
