Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has reignited the always-thorny breastfeeding debate by claiming that the practice helped her regain her figure after giving birth, and that everyone should be forced to do it after having a baby.
“I think breastfeeding really helped,” she said. “Some people here think they don't have to breastfeed, and I think, ‘Are you going to give chemical food to your child, when they are so little?’”
Sigh. If there’s one thing the public like less than a six-foot, upsettingly attractive woman with a flawless post-baby body, it’s a six-foot, upsettingly attractive woman with a flawless post-baby body lecturing the public on how they should bring up their children. But Gisele has more to say.
“There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months,” she said.
That’s right a law. Presumably it would be enforced by “lactation officers” who would randomly search prams for bottles to confiscate. Silly.