Perhaps in its place you can write an article that suits having put me, you and Annie in this position. Nameless of course. Suggestions: How not to put yourself out there on the net. The dangers of internet use. Moms need to support one another. Something like that.

Just stop yourself. Walk away from the computer for a day and you may realize that you don’t have to have the last word.

You took all references of my name and article link from your site because your best judgment spoke up and told you to do the right thing.

I sinply posted this because you questioned my mental health after kicking me in the gut and I posted it before you removed all info about me.

I think enough has been said and if you are a big person you will not feel the need to continue the personal flogging of Colleen.

You don’t need to have the last word here, please continue to choose to do the right thing.

Quoting from someone’s work published on the Internet is not a violation of fair use, despite what you attempted to say in follow-up e-mails that I will not publish here. However, copying and pasting an e-mail onto the Internet IS a violation of copyright.

Colleen – I’m happy to have this discussion privately or publicly, but for you to insist that I remove your name from everything on my blog and then go and copy and paste this over here is a bit odd.

I’m not making an assumption about you having mental health issues, you said yourself in your comments here and on my blog (which I have removed on mine because you don’t want your name up) that “you no longer feel safe and are concerned for your mental well being”. I wasn’t assuming anything.

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Dear Colleen,

I don’t know what to say.

My article was not intended to me mean spirited, nor was my comment on your post. It seems you took my original comment as an attack on you for not breastfeeding when it clearly was not. I don’t understand why you feel that your opinion on the matter is valid and mine is not. Yours was a personal story until you started telling other moms what to do. I went to great care in my article to explain that I wasn’t attacking you as a person or attacking the fact that you ended up formula feeding. I was only disagreeing with the advice you were giving to other women because it is dangerous.

I can remove your name, the link to your other article, and your comment from my post if you like. But I still think the message is important and I won’t remove the article.

I’m sorry if it is difficult for you to view. People don’t always agree on things and we have to discuss important issues like this. I would recommend counseling if you are having mental health issues.

Let me know if you want me to remove all references to you.

Annie

phdinparenting or Annie has chosen a very mean-spirited attempt at debunking my statement by creating a poll about me.

I have to wonder if she understands that she is making me feel unsafe about being on the internet. I am terribly upset that people are spiteful enough to go beyond stating their distaste with me and start stirring the pot instead. This is so hateful!

Shame on moms who decide to push another mom over the edge. I now have to get counselling after this spiteful, and personal attack.

Please remove my article from your Green and Clean website as I no longer feel safe. And I am concerned for my mental well being at this point.

And despite all of these problems I will still try again if I am lucky enough to be pregnant again!

http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/03/08/when-to-give-up-on-breastfeeding/

Annie @ PhD in Parentings last blog post..When to give up on breastfeeding