The AAP recommends that babies consume only breast milk for about the first 6 months. There is no need to give your baby infant formula or other sources of nutrition.
Beyond 6 months, we recommend continued breastfeeding along with other nutritious foods. Your baby does not need any infant or toddler formula.
My point was, it wasn't as innocent a senario as mikewu liked to portray it. In such a relation, the man can't afford to fail his career either. The woman wouldn't be as forgiving if he does. So, there is tension underneath the peace.
And many women are more than house wives in potentials.
Just let talented women pursue their careers. Not all women like that either. Statistics will take care of the situation and creates some balance.
There's way too much fight when one person doesn't have income, unless this person that chose to stay at home can tolerate living on handout all the time. With one income the person that has the income has absolute power in the household. It's not fair. You have no idea. Not everyone wants to be subject to another person financially. It's hard when you have no saying on how to spend the money and have to ask the other person to give you allowance every month. Been there, done that. It was hell.
To my opionion, every person, excluding the minors that can't hold a job, should have his/her own coffer, a personal saving aside from the main piggybank, for the rainy days. And holding a job is important for keeping the self esteem too. If you're the one that never had one paycheck in your whole life, it downgrades your personal value.
I've been a SHTM for a decade or so until I decided I couldn't live like that anymore when my youngest went to daycare. I started working remotely at home but it doesn't make sense to work at home when there's no needs to stay at home anymore. My remote job doesn't have retirement plans or any other benefits. So I started working at schools as a substitute teacher, and at the weekend I work at a grocery store. Recently I landed a job as a teacher's assistant with full benefit. Finally I got out of the rot of being a mom that has no appreciative values. Yes, no one, including the moms themselves, think staying at home is a legitimate thing to do for life time.
Time has changed, indeed. Not having a job with a basic, minimum income is no longer acceptable, either psychologically or socially. Your wife and you are living in two different worlds now. One is a normal functional member of the society, the other is an outcast, a domestic helper, or an invalid in a sense.
In order for human society to continue, mainstream families need to have 3 children. For a woman to have 3 children and breastfeed them for at least one year each, it only makes sense to be a stay-at-home mom. Raising children is the most important and honorable job of all, it is the foundation of our civilization. Without the hard work of moms having and raising good children, society will cease to exist in the future.
For people to think staying home to raise children is "an outcast, a domestic helper, or an invalid in a sense", is really a very short-sighted and uneducated opinion.
老婆在家专心带孩子，我出去开公司专心赚钱。我赚的钱都交给她来管理养家。
我是公司老板，她是我的老板。她不用外出在职场上和人争一高低，我不用胆心孩子学校来电话逼我放下手中的工作去接送孩子。社会分工，两全其美。工作也做得好，钱也赚了，老婆地位也有保障，孩子数量也多，也都聪明健康。
我也完全愿意和老婆换：她出去赚钱，我在家带孩子。但我没有子宫来十月怀胎，也没有乳房来提供孩子第一年最重要的营养。何必违背大自然的规律来胡乱折腾？
您太太是贤妻良母。尊重她的生活和选择。
但这类型幸福的女性需要几个前提条件。
1 。志向兴趣在此，除相夫教子外没有其他梦想。
2。能力: 情商比较高，情商top 1/3 才能和人相处和谐，家庭美满; 智商才能不能太高，否则会有学术梦，艺术梦etc etc. 没精力养几个孩子。
3。遇到认真负责的好男人。这个机率也最多1/3。。。您这种家庭组合，祖母那辈比较多，现在越来越少，大多数男士，即使认真负责，都难以接受全职太太。。。
世界有各种diversity。一个健康的社会，尊重每个人的才能，志向和选择。
少数人不婚不育总是有的。就像人群中总会有少数人是同性恋一样。但那不能是主流。如果主流社会不是传统家庭，生育率达不到2.1这个世代更替水平，这个社会长远发展就是死路一条。
所有发达国家，还有中国，都是在鼓励生育，都在为生育率太低而头痛。“地球人口过剩”是一种极度消极悲观的病态思想。所有觉得地球人口太多的人都应该自己先去自杀，给地球“减轻负担”。
現實更多是(也許絕大多數)，無論東西方，男性不能掙錢，無事業，則被女性輕視。我身邊即有事例。
home-family失守，社会不可延续，集体和个人都完蛋。子宫战争斗试管婴儿，呵呵，现实超魔幻主义。。。
父母对子女的爱是人类文明的基石。当人类不再珍惜后代，不再愿意为后代付出，不再愿意十月怀胎的时候，也是失去对后代的渴望，失去为后代付出的时候－也就是种族灭绝的开始。
很少有人愿意为他人牺牲自己，因此那些极少数为保卫国家或领导而献身的人被大肆宣传崇拜。但大部分人都会愿意为拯救自己的子女而牺牲自己。因为子女是自己生命的延续，为子女其实就是为了自己未来的生命。当人不再珍惜后代的时候，也就意味着人不再珍惜自己的生命。
Breastfeeding: AAP Policy Explained - HealthyChildren.org American Academy of Pediatrics AAP's breastfeeding recommendations
The AAP recommends that babies consume only breast milk for about the first 6 months. There is no need to give your baby infant formula or other sources of nutrition.
Beyond 6 months, we recommend continued breastfeeding along with other nutritious foods. Your baby does not need any infant or toddler formula.
美不美是主观的，肥胖也可以自封为美。
但健康与否是客观的。肥胖是不健康的，你无法自封为健康。
女性不喜欢生养孩子，也可以自封实现自我价值。但孩子是自己生命的延续和未来，这是客观的。自己后代数量减少，损失的是自己。你主动把未来世界让给别人的后代，还自以为实现自我价值，等于肥胖还觉得自己很美一样。
八百年???计划生育中国印度都是进行时。不知道为什么会取消。
你嘴干净点。读过书吗？这是文明论坛。要说自杀。生一堆浪费资源的才需要自杀
吧。
但愿您孩子不会延续这么low的素质
My point was, it wasn't as innocent a senario as mikewu liked to portray it. In such a relation, the man can't afford to fail his career either. The woman wouldn't be as forgiving if he does. So, there is tension underneath the peace.
And many women are more than house wives in potentials.
Just let talented women pursue their careers. Not all women like that either. Statistics will take care of the situation and creates some balance.
都是肤浅的人自作高深。
我祖母就是家庭妇女n个孩子。幸福生活比楼主家有过之而无不及，后来变化，只能自己艰辛养家。。。祖母的妹妹读过师范大学，只有一个孩子。这种趋势民国就开始了。怎么回到过去?
总之活在梦里，以为人生就一种模式。即使选择这种模式，人生变化无常，也不一定延续。
It all depends on how much the one income is.
Is it enough to replace most of the labor at home?
Can you hire a nanny, a gardner, a dog walker, a
cook? Can you afford a babysitter to drive the kids to school? If so, you can choose with one single income.
巾帼可以不让须眉，都是受过高等教育的两个人凭什么女的不能在职场上叱咤风云体现自己的价值？
职场创造的财富，需要人去消费。没有人的社会没有职场。当人人都去追求职业，不注重生育的时候，没有孩子，那么托儿所，儿童医院，学校，儿童服装，玩具等职业就会消失。再等几年，所有的建筑，房地产职业都会消失。最后，整个国家和社会都会消失。
人类就是一种动物，因为只有动物才有智慧。世界有什么物品比动物更高级？植物?岩石？
周围全职妈妈的家庭多了，各种收入水平的都有。钱是多赚多花，少赚少花。我一远房亲戚男的是中学老师，妈妈在家全职，5个孩子。孩子同学家爸爸医生，妈妈全职，6个孩子。打工的老墨，老婆在家全职，4个孩子。
我们是几千万年进化过来的生物。我们是自然界一部分，因此逃不出自然界的规律。自然界也不是每个动植物个体都繁衍后代，永远是健康的个体多多繁衍，病弱的个体不繁衍。这样才对族群的总体素质有好处。
你觉得病弱的是更有意义的Meaning和价值，那是你的自由。就像肥胖人说自己美一样。
就此打住。
但我好好和你说话，你因意见不同，出口不逊，这不像文明人。素质有待提高。。。当然你要觉得人和动物素质没区别就算了。
如果你觉得地球人口是累赘，那么自杀不是很好的减少地球负担的方法吗？因此觉得地球人多的应该去自杀。
但我觉得人是地球最宝贵的资源，是地球唯一的智能生物。地球什么东西好过人类？岩石？水？其它动物植物？如果没有人类，还有谁来欣赏地球？恐龙为什么消失了？因为它们没有智能，无法创造高科技去阻止陨石的撞击。而人类随着科技的发展，则可以扩展到太空，把地球上美好的生物带出地球，把生物种子洒遍整个宇宙。
怎么又怪我出口不逊？
我正当表达观点，但你没素质开口就骂。让意见不同者自杀。那你制造了更多人浪费资源。难度你不该先自杀
我觉得人是最宝贵的资源，因此要多多产生。能源不够？科技开发太阳能。矿产不够？太空开采陨石和其它星球。地球不够住？开发火星，然后更远。
如果我和你一样觉得人是浪费资源的累赘，因此要减少的话，我肯定去自杀。
There's way too much fight when one person doesn't have income, unless this person that chose to stay at home can tolerate living on handout all the time. With one income the person that has the income has absolute power in the household. It's not fair. You have no idea. Not everyone wants to be subject to another person financially. It's hard when you have no saying on how to spend the money and have to ask the other person to give you allowance every month. Been there, done that. It was hell.
To my opionion, every person, excluding the minors that can't hold a job, should have his/her own coffer, a personal saving aside from the main piggybank, for the rainy days. And holding a job is important for keeping the self esteem too. If you're the one that never had one paycheck in your whole life, it downgrades your personal value.
I've been a SHTM for a decade or so until I decided I couldn't live like that anymore when my youngest went to daycare. I started working remotely at home but it doesn't make sense to work at home when there's no needs to stay at home anymore. My remote job doesn't have retirement plans or any other benefits. So I started working at schools as a substitute teacher, and at the weekend I work at a grocery store. Recently I landed a job as a teacher's assistant with full benefit. Finally I got out of the rot of being a mom that has no appreciative values. Yes, no one, including the moms themselves, think staying at home is a legitimate thing to do for life time.
Time has changed, indeed. Not having a job with a basic, minimum income is no longer acceptable, either psychologically or socially. Your wife and you are living in two different worlds now. One is a normal functional member of the society, the other is an outcast, a domestic helper, or an invalid in a sense.
In order for human society to continue, mainstream families need to have 3 children. For a woman to have 3 children and breastfeed them for at least one year each, it only makes sense to be a stay-at-home mom. Raising children is the most important and honorable job of all, it is the foundation of our civilization. Without the hard work of moms having and raising good children, society will cease to exist in the future.
For people to think staying home to raise children is "an outcast, a domestic helper, or an invalid in a sense", is really a very short-sighted and uneducated opinion.
他说的不一定都对，但也不一定都错。哪个你觉得对或者不对，拿出来分析，用事实和数据来说明。