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> Baby friendly is often hostile to the mother.

As it should be. You're the responsible adult in the room, and you will have to make sacrifices to take care of the helpless person you chose to bring into this world.

If you think "mom comes first", then get a fur baby instead.

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It is not as black and white as that. You cannot simply ignore the mother and let her deal with baby blues or whatever pops up on her own or else you are not taking care of the child either. There is enough room to care for both the mother and the child.

> There is enough room to care for both the mother and the child.

I didn't say that there isn't. What I said, literally, is that the mother doesn't come first.

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