Comments on: "Breast Milk Satisfies" Billboards Appear in Northern Ohio

By: Electric Back Massager

Electric Back Massager — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:43:16 +0000

Interesting, the boy is cute though.. whatever is it that you’re thinking, it already got our attention right?..

By: James

James — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:53:03 +0000

I think the problem african americans have with the ad is not with dribble but that it looks like chocolate milk. As if african-american women make chocolate breast milk.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:30:47 +0000

Forget black, white, milk dribble, non-milk dribble. The problem is the word “satisfies”. If they would have replaced “satisfies” with “nourishes”, the ad would be better received and far more effective.

By: Cleveland Mom

Cleveland Mom — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:25:53 +0000

I love the ads and don’t find them offensive at all. I am a black woman with a couple college degrees and the black baby caught my attention and made me laugh because that is exactly how my son would look after nursing. I guess it depends on your own experiences and education level. Everything isn’t meant to be offensive, though i can see how some things get misunderstood to be.

By: Linda Allen

Linda Allen — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:57:37 +0000

I think we need to educated Mothers on the health benefits of breast feeding instead of a formula brought from the grocery store. The baby being satisified could mean that they are getting better nurtrients from mom.

By: Our Healthier Living

Our Healthier Living — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:55:40 +0000

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By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:37:40 +0000

I think that if I were to do some *major* peeling away of the many layers of this ad, I’m not sure that the “breast milk satisfies” line *is* irrelevant to lactation success. Just think of how much media literacy it takes to decode those formula feeding ads which promote things like “comfort proteins.” Just think of easy it is for *so many mothers* of all socio-economic and educational levels to infer that the relative frequency of early nursing means somehow that breast milk *doesn’t* satisfy infants.

I guess it would just be interesting to see what sort of audience the ad was targeting–and what sorts of particular *local* misunderstandings the ad may have been targeting.

By: Gag Me Product of the Week: Chocolate Formula

Gag Me Product of the Week: Chocolate Formula — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:01:41 +0000

[...] Breastfeed. And don’t stop until baby is done. Yes, I know that the working world is often at odds with those who both have and are nourished by breasts, but do your best. That’s all any of us can do as parents overall, breastfeeders especially. [...]

By: Stephanie - Green SAHM

Stephanie - Green SAHM — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:00:34 +0000

I find the dribble cute, but then my toddler does that pretty often when she’s had a pretty good feed. It’s silly to show it, though, on the black baby and not the white one. How hard is it to just have the same ad with the race being the only difference?

It should be interesting to see if these billboards do help. They don’t exactly provide much information, even for a billboard. But sometimes less is more.

By: gerti

gerti — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:29:42 +0000

Wow…I am just as shocked about Bill´s comment as I am about someone saying brest milk is disgusting.

Any kind of advertising that gets people talking about the “product” is good advertising. Maybe now that it´s on the news mom´s who first didn´t plan to nurse or were unsure look more into the advantages of breastfeeding. And if it´s only one mom, well then there is at least one more baby out there thanks to this ad.